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

netfilter: conntrack_irc: fix possible out-of-bounds read

When parsing fails after we've matched the command string we
should bail out instead of trying to match a different command.

This helper should be deprecated, given prevalence of TLS I doubt it has
any relevance in 2026.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0afc802160af0df61ed374fdb97fb34cfe5cdf2f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cdda7f868f48e2f81579371584fdbdce37df2c8

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/573810f61bcd6b6815e2ff53bbdd2b9c9d747176

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66eba0ffce3b7e11449946b4cbbef8ea36112f56

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c34f91305292083253df6a9f6c8ede02d4ccaea

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a1d6e40dedfe1068aee094d851bd69e289c9fd6

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e5da2379f968a3ea5a6e38921ab6201576466dc

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddddd8271359961e403d11c90c9ba9fc38914f7e

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