CVE-2026-43028 (GCVE-0-2026-43028)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-01 14:15 – Updated: 2026-05-03 05:46
VLAI?
Title
netfilter: x_tables: ensure names are nul-terminated
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: x_tables: ensure names are nul-terminated Reject names that lack a \0 character before feeding them to functions that expect c-strings. Fixes tag is the most recent commit that needs this change.
Severity ?
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: c38c4597e4bf3e99860eac98211748e1ecb0e139 , < bcac50ea0a29d430eedc5ac87b215393b567baa9 (git)
Affected: c38c4597e4bf3e99860eac98211748e1ecb0e139 , < ea01c1b219f5a11c66918abaa6f052e5a74041d6 (git)
Affected: c38c4597e4bf3e99860eac98211748e1ecb0e139 , < aa6cd4a8863391e0a64f62d8922cb0af732a2cf2 (git)
Affected: c38c4597e4bf3e99860eac98211748e1ecb0e139 , < c2d4a3abb15ca14716c6d8b9ffcbcd7c63626af4 (git)
Affected: c38c4597e4bf3e99860eac98211748e1ecb0e139 , < 673bbd36cba21d10a10f0932f479df7468e26fbb (git)
Affected: c38c4597e4bf3e99860eac98211748e1ecb0e139 , < f419bdc205894750f4d3ec042bc87a1b9cde1351 (git)
Affected: c38c4597e4bf3e99860eac98211748e1ecb0e139 , < 73124608172890306b85f2206d8b3cac20e324f1 (git)
Affected: c38c4597e4bf3e99860eac98211748e1ecb0e139 , < a958a4f90ddd7de0800b33ca9d7b886b7d40f74e (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 4.5
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.253 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.203 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.168 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.134 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.81 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.22 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.12 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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