CVE-2026-80634

Summary

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

netfilter: flowtable: avoid num_encaps underflow on bridge VLAN untag

The DEV_PATH_BR_VLAN_UNTAG case post-decrements info->num_encaps inside WARN_ON_ONCE(). num_encaps is u8, so if it's already 0 the decrement still happens and wraps it to 255. The break only leaves the inner switch – a later path entry can set info->indev back to a real device, and we end up returning with num_encaps == 255.

nft_dev_forward_path() then walks info.encap[] (size 2) up to num_encaps, which means an OOB stack read and a bogus count copied into the route descriptor.

Should only happen on a malformed bridge path stack, hence the WARN, but worth handling sanely. Move the decrement out of the WARN.

[ While at this, remove the WARN_ON_ONCE since this can only happen with a buggy bridge path stack –pablo ].

Affected Software

Weaknesses

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f55fa28011c97d6495d5787808db10a8c2d690d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e052f920773b73be49eb4d8702a9f85de7464363

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