Critical severity · published May 6, 2026
CVE-2026-43114
netfilter: nft_set_pipapo_avx2: don't return non-matching entry on expiry
9.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo_avx2: don't return non-matching entry on expiry New test case fails unexpectedly when avx2 matching functions are used. The test first loads a ranomly generated pipapo set with 'ipv4 . port' key, i.e. nft -f foo. This works. Then, it reloads the set after a flush: (echo flush set t s; cat foo) | nft -f - This is expected to work, because its the same set after all and it was already loaded once. But with avx2, this fails: nft reports a clashing element. The reported clash is of following form: We successfully re-inserted a . b c . d Then we try to insert a . d avx2 finds the already existing a . d, which (due to 'flush set') is marked as invalid in the new generation. It skips the element and moves to next. Due to incorrect masking, the skip-step finds the next matching element *only considering the first field*, i.e. we return the already reinserted "a . b", even though the last field is different and the entry should not have been matched. No such error is reported for the generic c implementation (no avx2) or when the last field has to use the 'nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup_slow' fallback. Bisection points to 7711f4bb4b36 ("netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: fix range overlap detection") but that fix merely uncovers this bug. Before this commit, the wrong element is returned, but erronously reported as a full, identical duplicate. The root-cause is too early return in the avx2 match functions. When we process the last field, we should continue to process data until the entire input size has been consumed to make sure no stale bits remain in the map.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.7 before 6.6.136; 6.7 before 6.12.83; 6.13 before 6.18.24; 6.19 before 6.19.14; 7.0; 7.0; +3 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
7400b063969bdca4a06cd97f1294d765c8eecbe1 before f8c39983fc9c1a978c82e6f2df7bfba8a8561587; 7400b063969bdca4a06cd97f1294d765c8eecbe1 before c7babe2f28b507e17f28e9f753b7caec72d4857f; 7400b063969bdca4a06cd97f1294d765c8eecbe1 before 1c43f0dd8691ddf8884793b481ddc7511cf593c3; 7400b063969bdca4a06cd97f1294d765c8eecbe1 before fa4f1f52528c73989d820f32bfca06bec5afeece; 7400b063969bdca4a06cd97f1294d765c8eecbe1 before 3d53f9aafd469ae1ea27051e00f5b96ca1b55d52; 7400b063969bdca4a06cd97f1294d765c8eecbe1 before 07de44424bb7f17ef9357e8535df96d9e97c40cb; +3 more · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA