CVE-2026-31681

Summary

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

netfilter: xt_multiport: validate range encoding in checkentry

ports_match_v1() treats any non-zero pflags entry as the start of a port range and unconditionally consumes the next ports[] element as the range end.

The checkentry path currently validates protocol, flags and count, but it does not validate the range encoding itself. As a result, malformed rules can mark the last slot as a range start or place two range starts back to back, leaving ports_match_v1() to step past the last valid ports[] element while interpreting the rule.

Reject malformed multiport v1 rules in checkentry by validating that each range start has a following element and that the following element is not itself marked as another range start.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxa89ecb6a2ef732d04058d87801e2b6bd7e5c7089 < 8c5bf8f5b478f569191c4a7982de7cd5f5f73c1aaffected
LinuxLinuxa89ecb6a2ef732d04058d87801e2b6bd7e5c7089 < c9749f6232c845e31c21d4cc72200211df15d8a2affected
LinuxLinuxa89ecb6a2ef732d04058d87801e2b6bd7e5c7089 < b67d638cbee9975c765feb45c126e96ed11ec802affected
LinuxLinuxa89ecb6a2ef732d04058d87801e2b6bd7e5c7089 < 36bf0d98e180a7c384c8d8a59b0d2d4b80e5eb16affected
LinuxLinuxa89ecb6a2ef732d04058d87801e2b6bd7e5c7089 < aec14808271f2bf2b656de6ff12dfe73c5fd3b67affected
LinuxLinuxa89ecb6a2ef732d04058d87801e2b6bd7e5c7089 < 8368ce8eb01f0b91111d814703696e780d0ef12faffected
LinuxLinuxa89ecb6a2ef732d04058d87801e2b6bd7e5c7089 < 1e4baa853f1cc4227e04f52d6860524707cfb294affected
LinuxLinuxa89ecb6a2ef732d04058d87801e2b6bd7e5c7089 < ff64c5bfef12461df8450e0f50bb693b5269c720affected
LinuxLinux2.6.17affected
LinuxLinux0 < 2.6.17unaffected
LinuxLinux5.10.258 <= 5.10.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.209 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.175 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.136 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.83 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.24 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.19.14 <= 6.19.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.0 <= *unaffected

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