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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-52942

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 6/24/2026 4:16:24 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

                  
                
              
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_log: validate MAC header was set before dumping it

The fallback path of dump_mac_header() guards the MAC header access
only with "skb->mac_header != skb->network_header", without checking
skb_mac_header_was_set(). When the MAC header is unset, mac_header is
0xffff, so the test passes and skb_mac_header(skb) returns
skb->head + 0xffff, ~64 KiB past the buffer; the loop then reads
dev->hard_header_len bytes out of bounds into the kernel log.

This is reachable via the netdev logger: nf_log_unknown_packet() calls
dump_mac_header() unconditionally, and an skb sent through AF_PACKET
with PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS reaches the egress hook with mac_header still
unset (__dev_queue_xmit(), which would reset it, is bypassed).

Add the skb_mac_header_was_set() check the ARPHRD_ETHER path already
uses, and replace the open-coded MAC header length test with
skb_mac_header_len(). Only skbs with an unset MAC header are affected;
valid ones are dumped as before.

 BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in dump_mac_header (net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c:831)
 Read of size 1 at addr ffff88800ea49d3f by task exploit/148
 Call Trace:
  kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)
  dump_mac_header (net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c:831)
  nf_log_netdev_packet (net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c:938 net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c:963)
  nf_log_packet (net/netfilter/nf_log.c:260)
  nft_log_eval (net/netfilter/nft_log.c:60)
  nft_do_chain (net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:285)
  nft_do_chain_netdev (net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:307)
  nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:619)
  nf_hook_direct_egress (net/packet/af_packet.c:257)
  packet_xmit (net/packet/af_packet.c:280)
  packet_sendmsg (net/packet/af_packet.c:3114)
  __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2265)
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65ef7397eb9a296e91839f5fd10be96f23d332e7
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a81e336da685423f5b64aac4d571e63d674c52a
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a84b6fedbc97078788be78dbdd7517d143ad1a77
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af1b7699466f6556b351fa25d3dc870abfb5d310
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/befb8968a2abdfa948d5600ea7f7a509a292a590
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c38d41134085193efd5b237cf513ad5b3421a60d
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d704ee9c7bc68a161684c51a7ac05b446dcf38d4
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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