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TI-2025-43838 Aliases GHSA-2fjw-whxm-9v4q

libnftnl has Heap-based Buffer Overflow in nftnl::Batch::with_page_size (nftnl-rs)

Priority LOW 38CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.

Summary

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the Rust wrapper for libnftnl, triggered via the nftnl::Batch::with_page_size constructor. When a small or malformed page size is provided, the underlying C code allocates an insufficient buffer, leading to out-of-bounds writes during batch initialization. The flaw was fixed in commit 94a286f by adding an overflow check: ```Rust batch_page_size .checked_add(crate::nft_nlmsg_maxsize()) .expect("batch_page_size is too large and would overflow"); ```

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed nftnl (crates.io): 0.9.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—nftnl (crates.io)before 0.9.00.9.0Patch availableGHSA-2fjw-whxm-9v4q
  • nftnl (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.9.0 Fixed in 0.9.0 Patch available GHSA-2fjw-whxm-9v4q

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-2fjw-whxm-9v4q nftnl (crates.io) Fixed in 0.9.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-2fjw-whxm-9v4q

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