GHSA-44mx-f9p7-87j2

GHSA-44mx-f9p7-87j2 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published August 22, 2025

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_nfacct: don't assume acct name is null-terminated BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in .. lib/vsprintf.c:721 Read of size 1 at addr ffff88801eac95c8 by task syz-executor183/5851 [..] string+0x231/0x2b0 lib/vsprintf.c:721 vsnprintf+0x739/0xf00 lib/vsprintf.c:2874 [..] nfacct_mt_checkentry+0xd2/0xe0 net/netfilter/xt_nfacct.c:41 xt_check_match+0x3d1/0xab0 net/netfilter/x_tables.c:523 nfnl_acct_find_get() handles non-null input, but the error printk relied on its presence.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

5.5

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

Timeline

Aug 22, 2025 CVE Published
Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory

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