CVE-2025-21826
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: reject mismatching sum of field_len with set key length The field length description provides the length of each separated key field in the concatenation, each field gets rounded up to 32-bits to calculate the pipapo rule width from pipapo_init(). The set key length provides the total size of the key aligned to 32-bits. Register-based arithmetics still allows for combining mismatching set key length and field length description, eg. set key length 10 and field description [ 5, 4 ] leading to pipapo width of 12.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.235
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.179
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.129
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.76
- Linux Kernel < 6.12.13
- Linux Kernel < 6.13.2
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9335a8000fb70742f7db10af314104b6ace220
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ac254343d3cf228ae0738b2615fedf85d000752
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49b7182b97bafbd5645414aff054b4a65d05823d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5083a7ae45003456c253e981b30a43f71230b4a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b467c8feac759f4c5c86d708beca2aa2b29584f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82e491e085719068179ff6a5466b7387cc4bbf32
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab50d0eff4a939d20c37721fd9766347efcdb6f6
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9335a8000fb70742f7db10af314104b6ace220
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ac254343d3cf228ae0738b2615fedf85d000752
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49b7182b97bafbd5645414aff054b4a65d05823d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5083a7ae45003456c253e981b30a43f71230b4a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b467c8feac759f4c5c86d708beca2aa2b29584f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82e491e085719068179ff6a5466b7387cc4bbf32
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab50d0eff4a939d20c37721fd9766347efcdb6f6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-503939.html