CVE-2025-38162

Summary

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

netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: prevent overflow in lookup table allocation

When calculating the lookup table size, ensure the following multiplication does not overflow:

  • desc->field_len[] maximum value is U8_MAX multiplied by NFT_PIPAPO_GROUPS_PER_BYTE(f) that can be 2, worst case.
  • NFT_PIPAPO_BUCKETS(f->bb) is 2^8, worst case.
  • sizeof(unsigned long), from sizeof(*f->lt), lt in struct nft_pipapo_field.

Then, use check_mul_overflow() to multiply by bucket size and then use check_add_overflow() to the alignment for avx2 (if needed). Finally, add lt_size_check_overflow() helper and use it to consolidate this.

While at it, replace leftover allocation using the GFP_KERNEL to GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT for consistency, in pipapo_resize().

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux3c4287f62044a90e73a561aa05fc46e62da173da < 91edc076439c9e2f34b176149f1c84a47a8ec32faffected
LinuxLinux3c4287f62044a90e73a561aa05fc46e62da173da < a9e757473561da93c6a4136f0e59aba91ec777fcaffected
LinuxLinux3c4287f62044a90e73a561aa05fc46e62da173da < c1360ac8156c0a3f2385baef91d8d26fd9d39701affected
LinuxLinux3c4287f62044a90e73a561aa05fc46e62da173da < 43fe1181f738295624696ae9ff611790edb65b5eaffected
LinuxLinux3c4287f62044a90e73a561aa05fc46e62da173da < 4c5c6aa9967dbe55bd017bb509885928d0f31206affected
LinuxLinux5.6affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.6unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.167 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.125 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.34 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.15.3 <= 6.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.16 <= *unaffected

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