CVE-2026-45873 PUBLISHED

netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: check for partial overlaps in anonymous sets

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 27.05.2026 Updated: 27.05.2026

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

netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: check for partial overlaps in anonymous sets

Userspace provides an optimized representation in case intervals are adjacent, where the end element is omitted.

The existing partial overlap detection logic skips anonymous set checks on start elements for this reason.

However, it is possible to add intervals that overlap to this anonymous where two start elements with the same, eg. A-B, A-C where C < B.

<pre> start end A B start end A C </pre>

Restore the check on overlapping start elements to report an overlap.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4aacf3d78424293e318c616016865380b37b9cc5 to 7ca5813e1b21ef300e04593f47b073ef3217aac6 (excl.)
  • affected from 2bf1435fa19d2c58054391b3bba40d5510a5758c to 029e5f6a95e905b12d6bc20421be32a01e0eb311 (excl.)
  • affected from 318cb24a4c3fce8140afaf84e4d45fcb76fb280b to f1381ce0a1dd013610985e1c4260908163a427df (excl.)
  • affected from c9e6978e2725a7d4b6cd23b2facd3f11422c0643 to f1535d56fc3f6c625b7e0559c006bd0318791bb1 (excl.)
  • affected from c9e6978e2725a7d4b6cd23b2facd3f11422c0643 to 05feaf826390fd16f1deb89dd9412def3b2a280f (excl.)
  • affected from c9e6978e2725a7d4b6cd23b2facd3f11422c0643 to dad14d22dff1a191612acb98facceb303d0524a2 (excl.)
  • affected from c9e6978e2725a7d4b6cd23b2facd3f11422c0643 to e6497e06a102870803a59570d75ed2c36d7e11b3 (excl.)
  • affected from c9e6978e2725a7d4b6cd23b2facd3f11422c0643 to 4780ec142cbb24b794129d3080eee5cac2943ffc (excl.)
  • Version 7ab87a326f20c52ff4d9972052d085be951c704b is affected
  • Version 181859bdfb9734aca449512fccaee4cacce64aed is affected
  • affected from 5.10.166 to 5.10.252 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.15.91 to 5.15.202 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.1.9 to 6.1.165 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.19.316 to 4.20 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.4.262 to 5.5 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.2 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.2 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.252 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.202 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.165 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.128 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.75 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.14 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.4 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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