{"id":"CVE-2026-98485","revision":"c6a57a0a911548e0a3b98caac42a59fb","records":[{"revision":"c6a57a0a911548e0a3b98caac42a59fb","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-98485","aliases":[],"title":"netfilter: ip6t_rt: fix zero-address non-strict match out-of-bounds read","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: ip6t_rt: fix zero-address non-strict match out-of-bounds read\n\nrt_mt6_check() permits rules to be configured with rtinfo->addrnr == 0\neven when address matching (IP6T_RT_FST_MASK) is requested.\n\nIn the IP6T_RT_FST_NSTRICT path, rt_mt6() evaluates packet routing\naddresses against rtinfo->addrs[i] and terminates backwards at the bottom\nof the loop:\n\n    if (ipv6_addr_equal(ap, &rtinfo->addrs[i])) {\n        i++;\n    }\n    if (i == rtinfo->addrnr)\n        break;\n\nWhen addrnr is 0, if the first packet address matches rtinfo->addrs[0],\ni is incremented to 1. Because i is now strictly greater than addrnr (0),\nthe loop termination condition (i == rtinfo->addrnr) is bypassed and will\nnever be satisfied.\n\nIf a crafted IPv6 packet contains matching routing addresses, i will\nadvance past IP6T_RT_HOPS (16). The subsequent call to ipv6_addr_equal()\nreads beyond struct ip6t_rt, triggering UBSAN/KASAN out-of-bounds warnings\nor kernel panics.\n\nFix this by:\n1. Rejecting rules in rt_mt6_check() where IP6T_RT_FST_MASK is set but\n   rtinfo->addrnr is zero.\n2. In rt_mt6(), moving the termination condition (i < rtinfo->addrnr)\n   into the for-loop header condition and removing the backwards break\n   at the end of the loop body.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-10-18T15:16:00.435+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-19T09:20:22.585+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_rt.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"959d1829d1ce8b91b435b24a923b51bcc8897090\",\n         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\"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.1.189\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.158\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.112\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n   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