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GHSA-5J52-34GV-X96C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33

Details

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

netfilter: xt_connmark: reject invalid shift parameters

Revision 2 of the CONNMARK target accepts user-controlled shift parameters and applies them to 32-bit mark values in connmark_tg_shift().

A shift_bits value of 32 or more triggers an undefined-shift bug when the rule is evaluated. Invalid shift_dir values are also accepted and silently fall back to the left-shift path.

Reject invalid revision-2 shift parameters in connmark_tg_check() so malformed rules fail at installation time, before they can reach the packet path.

Severity

7.3 (High)


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

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CVE-2026-72347 (GCVE-0-2026-72347)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:55 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:43

Title

netfilter: xt_connmark: reject invalid shift parameters

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_connmark: reject invalid shift parameters Revision 2 of the CONNMARK target accepts user-controlled shift parameters and applies them to 32-bit mark values in connmark_tg_shift(). A shift_bits value of 32 or more triggers an undefined-shift bug when the rule is evaluated. Invalid shift_dir values are also accepted and silently fall back to the left-shift path. Reject invalid revision-2 shift parameters in connmark_tg_check() so malformed rules fail at installation time, before they can reach the packet path.

Severity

7.3 (High)


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

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8ce63d928b457fba…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9657bb11a6376ab0a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ace320ac4416f5e5…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3fa852d117b3fda7…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4eef84b09a3836919…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/230173cc6105bdfb2…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b47026fb4b35bac8…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 472a73e00757b971d613d796374d2727b2e4954d , < d8ce63d928b457fba7ed1e302492dfd32293671c (git) Affected: 472a73e00757b971d613d796374d2727b2e4954d , < 9657bb11a6376ab0a79f05d433713d6944111e9d (git) Affected: 472a73e00757b971d613d796374d2727b2e4954d , < 8ace320ac4416f5e5fbcd065309fb2dfcce787b0 (git) Affected: 472a73e00757b971d613d796374d2727b2e4954d , < c3fa852d117b3fda72265e4230e3967db4a74fcf (git) Affected: 472a73e00757b971d613d796374d2727b2e4954d , < 4eef84b09a3836919360c4232b0f16651a155eec (git) Affected: 472a73e00757b971d613d796374d2727b2e4954d , < 230173cc6105bdfb2696d37e6e56687b003fbe63 (git) Affected: 472a73e00757b971d613d796374d2727b2e4954d , < 1b47026fb4b35bac850ad6e8a4ad7fc018e09ebc (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 4.17 Unaffected: 0 , < 4.17 (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.212 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-72347 (GCVE-0-2026-72347)

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