GHSA-f822-mpgr-7cqxMediumCVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_multiport:...

Published
April 25, 2026
Last Modified
June 1, 2026

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📋 Description

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

netfilter: xt_multiport: validate range encoding in checkentry

ports_match_v1() treats any non-zero pflags entry as the start of a port range and unconditionally consumes the next ports[] element as the range end.

The checkentry path currently validates protocol, flags and count, but it does not validate the range encoding itself. As a result, malformed rules can mark the last slot as a range start or place two range starts back to back, leaving ports_match_v1() to step past the last valid ports[] element while interpreting the rule.

Reject malformed multiport v1 rules in checkentry by validating that each range start has a following element and that the following element is not itself marked as another range start.

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