netfilter: xt_hashlimit: validate hashtable supports XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 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: xt_hashlimit: validate hashtable supports XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH The XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH flag mode changes the semantics of the dsthash_ent structure which represents an entry in the hashtable. There is a union area which uses a different layout to express the rate match mode. Update .checkentry path to validate the XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH mode flag is requested by two or more different rules that refer to the same hashtable. Otherwise, uninitialized access to the burst field in the union is possible. Reject the use of the XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH mode flag if set on by revision less than 3 too.
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 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.151, 6.12.103, 6.18.44, 7.1.8, 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: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74564
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mhj7-jjgw-7gmc
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-03 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-03 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/402befce5854c195058cf4bab7c78ca286068a26
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dee686b5e7f21180538ff719867702f411c8eb5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f76ab783e7d8d33e33dd7dfa697297f70d57b0e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24683fea1f06bd3bd2707b99460e859bc6464c22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32ec8d4aba2cf22e12bdc28df8c4bd833c195fc0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d186f77d18bdfb252d401ff992ca3001a6a65a0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06a76334243ccd875a981aa8bb46c0f931ef1e3b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/305b63e1402267459fdabb183af4527f6799eebf
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74564 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74564 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mhj7-jjgw-7gmc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74564 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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