CVE-2026-46101

Summary

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

netfilter: reject zero shift in nft_bitwise

Reject zero shift operands for nft_bitwise left and right shift expressions during initialization.

The carry propagation logic computes the carry from the adjacent 32-bit word using BITS_PER_TYPE(u32) - shift. A zero shift operand turns this into a 32-bit shift, which is undefined behaviour.

Reject zero shift operands in the control plane, alongside the existing check for values greater than or equal to 32, so malformed rules never reach the packet path.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux567d746b55bc66d3800c9ae91d50f0c5deb2fd93 < 9baa08d6b6b096fad70049533f0d705d85fdc979affected
LinuxLinux567d746b55bc66d3800c9ae91d50f0c5deb2fd93 < 4fccea585631621c975883911a08d15b6671f7dcaffected
LinuxLinux567d746b55bc66d3800c9ae91d50f0c5deb2fd93 < 9ad26c272405f53834871cc2e46b9b5393a666c3affected
LinuxLinux567d746b55bc66d3800c9ae91d50f0c5deb2fd93 < bffef0acec9c3b837a785248a893137fb7f26c95affected
LinuxLinux567d746b55bc66d3800c9ae91d50f0c5deb2fd93 < ca24f1243ad1a4d12d6a23876bbbe3ed02099853affected
LinuxLinux567d746b55bc66d3800c9ae91d50f0c5deb2fd93 < 6f820139d16a4c9865a145d4a9cf9c92cc632c14affected
LinuxLinux567d746b55bc66d3800c9ae91d50f0c5deb2fd93 < f370205974f171a5868c13ff30d7642fed46e47baffected
LinuxLinux567d746b55bc66d3800c9ae91d50f0c5deb2fd93 < fe11e5c40817b84abaa5d83bfb6586d8412bfd07affected
LinuxLinux5.6affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.6unaffected
LinuxLinux5.10.258 <= 5.10.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.209 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.175 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.140 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.86 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.27 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.0.4 <= 7.0.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1 <= *unaffected

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