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GHSA-6MGV-G2FH-H577

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: nft_compat: ebtables emulation must reject non-bridge targets

xtables targets return netfilter verdicts: NF_ACCEPT, NF_DROP, and so on. ebtables targets return incompatible verdicts: EBT_ACCEPT, EBT_DROP, ... We cannot allow fallback to NFPROTO_UNSPEC.

ebtables doesn't permit this since 11ff7288beb2 ("netfilter: ebtables: reject non-bridge targets") but that commit missed the nft_compat layer.

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-2026-72416 (GCVE-0-2026-72416)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:56 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:43

Title

netfilter: nft_compat: ebtables emulation must reject non-bridge targets

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_compat: ebtables emulation must reject non-bridge targets xtables targets return netfilter verdicts: NF_ACCEPT, NF_DROP, and so on. ebtables targets return incompatible verdicts: EBT_ACCEPT, EBT_DROP, ... We cannot allow fallback to NFPROTO_UNSPEC. ebtables doesn't permit this since 11ff7288beb2 ("netfilter: ebtables: reject non-bridge targets") but that commit missed the nft_compat layer.

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

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efc17b9240d821c42…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f7a84540a0d014e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33e1875d6b5b552a2…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c129b0185e707dce4…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dbba7e694ec045f2…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 0ca743a5599199152a31a7146b83213c786c2eb2 , < efc17b9240d821c424bc5191a5c6e9384a06293e (git) Affected: 0ca743a5599199152a31a7146b83213c786c2eb2 , < b3f7a84540a0d014ec42343ff5909657c1bd1994 (git) Affected: 0ca743a5599199152a31a7146b83213c786c2eb2 , < 33e1875d6b5b552a2e5652b40074c604199354ee (git) Affected: 0ca743a5599199152a31a7146b83213c786c2eb2 , < c129b0185e707dce405968e21afccd5728b2ce63 (git) Affected: 0ca743a5599199152a31a7146b83213c786c2eb2 , < 9dbba7e694ec045f21ede2f892fb42b81b4e1692 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.13 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.13 (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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