CVE-2026-43453

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: fix stack out-of-bounds read in pipapo_drop()

pipapo_drop() passes rulemap[i + 1].n to pipapo_unmap() as the

to_offset argument on every iteration, including the last one where

i == m->field_count - 1. This reads one element past the end of the

stack-allocated rulemap array (declared as rulemap[NFT_PIPAPO_MAX_FIELDS]

with NFT_PIPAPO_MAX_FIELDS == 16).

Although pipapo_unmap() returns early when is_last is true without

using the to_offset value, the argument is evaluated at the call site

before the function body executes, making this a genuine out-of-bounds

stack read confirmed by KASAN:

BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in pipapo_drop+0x50c/0x57c [nf_tables]

Read of size 4 at addr ffff8000810e71a4

This frame has 1 object:

[32, 160) 'rulemap'

The buggy address is at offset 164 -- exactly 4 bytes past the end

of the rulemap array.

Pass 0 instead of rulemap[i + 1].n on the last

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References