netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: don't leak bad clone into future transaction
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: don't leak bad clone into future transaction On memory allocation failure the cloned nft_pipapo_match can enter a bad state: - some fields can have their lookup tables resized while others did not - bits might have been toggled - scratch map can be undersized which also means m->bsize_max can be lower than what is required This means that the next insertion in the same batch can trigger out-of-bounds writes. Furthermore, a failure in the first can result in the bad clone to leak into the next transaction because the abort callback is never executed in this case (the upper layer saw an error and no attempt to allocate a transactional request was made). Record a state for the nft_pipapo_match structure: - NEW (pristine clone) - MOD (modified clone with good state) - ERR (potentially bogus content) Then make it so that deletes and insertions fail when the clone entered ERR state. In case the very first insert attempt results in an error, free the clone right away.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.217, 6.1.184, 6.6.148, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72252
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wp7x-h4hq-8jpw
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ab7b1802f63ca5b288ea59acb467830b83abd6b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc53703f48558896295f565cd4f5e956d21b7af4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/047e813324eac2ac60cddfb58bcdbd0144eadb09
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/610e3b73efaec3dd81a95dcda2421ad7d9795bd0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02b6b0e892aea582590671796fd6eff5b93ea93f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e74f9680e1b64872a51cc7b5bda1edaaa08aa51f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47e65eff50691f0a5b79d325e28d83ec1da43bcf
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72252 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72252 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wp7x-h4hq-8jpw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72252 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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