CVE-2026-72423

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Guard conntrack opts error writes The conntrack lookup and allocation kfuncs take an opts pointer together with an opts__sz argument. The verifier checks only the memory range described by opts__sz, but the wrappers unconditionally write opts->error whenever the internal lookup or allocation helper returns an error. For an invalid size smaller than the end of opts->error, that write can land outside the verifier-checked range. Keep returning NULL for invalid arguments, but only report the error through opts->error when the supplied size includes the field. This preserves error reporting for the supported 12-byte and 16-byte layouts, and for other invalid sizes that still include opts->error.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedAug 15, 2026
First seenAug 15, 2026

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  • Linux Linux6fd973def4d6cb89aaf7e9b6bc26cac977f6da13, 669bc3b345712112d3f033a1953f5a10b15e7c65, 63d95c6bbd6fc0e411404188306a1fea456300b0, 453f4f1e90de55b6bc297936031b68bef93f2e28, dd74c80203842a21b2ebb9f70d1260d9aa20fa05, 6f6183a39533d727deaa5061cadae6dd9e6744d0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linuxb4c2b9593a1c4c3a718370e34af28e817fd5e5c6 ≤ v < 6fd973def4d6cb89aaf7e9b6bc26cac977f6da13, b4c2b9593a1c4c3a718370e34af28e817fd5e5c6 ≤ v < 669bc3b345712112d3f033a1953f5a10b15e7c65, b4c2b9593a1c4c3a718370e34af28e817fd5e5c6 ≤ v < 63d95c6bbd6fc0e411404188306a1fea456300b0, b4c2b9593a1c4c3a718370e34af28e817fd5e5c6 ≤ v < 453f4f1e90de55b6bc297936031b68bef93f2e28, b4c2b9593a1c4c3a718370e34af28e817fd5e5c6 ≤ v < dd74c80203842a21b2ebb9f70d1260d9aa20fa05, b4c2b9593a1c4c3a718370e34af28e817fd5e5c6 ≤ v < 6f6183a39533d727deaa5061cadae6dd9e6744d0, 5.186fd973def4d6cb89aaf7e9b6bc26cac977f6da13, 669bc3b345712112d3f033a1953f5a10b15e7c65, 63d95c6bbd6fc0e411404188306a1fea456300b0, 453f4f1e90de55b6bc297936031b68bef93f2e28, dd74c80203842a21b2ebb9f70d1260d9aa20fa05, 6f6183a39533d727deaa5061cadae6dd9e6744d0

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