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CRITICALCVE-2026-43114Published Modified CNA Linux

CVE-2026-43114: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo_avx2: don't return non-matching entry on expiry

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo_avx2: don't return non-matching entry on expiry New test case fails unexpectedly when avx2 matching functions are used. The test first loads a ranomly generated pipapo set with 'ipv4 . port' key, i.e. nft -f foo. This works. Then, it reloads the set after a flush: (echo flush set t s; cat foo) | nft -f - This is expected to work, because its the same set after all and it was already loaded once. But with avx2, this fails: nft reports a clashing element. The reported clash is of following form: We successfully re-inserted a . b c . d Then we try to insert a . d avx2 finds the already existing a . d, which (due to 'flush set') is marked as invalid in the new generation. It skips the element and moves to next. Due to incorrect masking, the skip-step finds the next matching element *only considering the first field*, i.e. we return the already reinserted "a . b", even though the last field is different and the entry should not have been matched. No such error is reported for the generic c implementation (no avx2) or when the last field has to use the 'nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup_slow' fallback. Bisection points to 7711f4bb4b36 ("netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: fix range overlap detection") but that fix merely uncovers this bug. Before this commit, the wrong element is returned, but erronously reported as a full, identical duplicate. The root-cause is too early return in the avx2 match functions. When we process the last field, we should continue to process data until the entire input size has been consumed to make sure no stale bits remain in the map.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
9.4
Severity
CRITICAL
Fixed in
0
Affected Products
2

Fix available

007de44424bb7f17ef9357e8535df96d9e97c40cb0abbc43f71d99baadeeba6fa3fe1c80b676f57ed3d53f9aafd469ae1ea27051e00f5b96ca1b55d526.6.1366.12.836.18.246.19.147.0d3c0037ffe1273fa1961e779ff6906234d6cf53cfa4f1f52528c73989d820f32bfca06bec5afeece
Affected packages
  • Linux / Linux
    < fa4f1f52528c73989d820f32bfca06bec5afeece (from 7400b063969bdca4a06cd97f1294d765c8eecbe1) · < 3d53f9aafd469ae1ea27051e00f5b96ca1b55d52 (from 7400b063969bdca4a06cd97f1294d765c8eecbe1) · < 07de44424bb7f17ef9357e8535df96d9e97c40cb (from 7400b063969bdca4a06cd97f1294d765c8eecbe1) · < 0abbc43f71d99baadeeba6fa3fe1c80b676f57ed (from 7400b063969bdca4a06cd97f1294d765c8eecbe1) · < d3c0037ffe1273fa1961e779ff6906234d6cf53c (from 7400b063969bdca4a06cd97f1294d765c8eecbe1)
  • Linux / Linux
    5.7
    Fixed in 0, 6.6.136, 6.12.83, 6.18.24, 6.19.14, 7.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L