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CVE-2026-43114 CRITICAL

Published: 2026-05-06 | Last Modified: 2026-09-16 | Status: Modified

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 9.4 (CRITICAL)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactHIGH
Integrity ImpactHIGH
Availability ImpactLOW

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Type: Secondary

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Impact Score: 5.5

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Primary
en NVD-CWE-noinfo
0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c Secondary
en CWE-480

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd341bc1780> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd341bc2080> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b434f80> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd38477c880> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd341bc1b80> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd341bc3e00> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd3694bd440> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369405880> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b436480> Operating System

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References