Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-74569
netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: widen NAT rewrite delta to s32 in sip_help_tcp()
9.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: widen NAT rewrite delta to s32 in sip_help_tcp()
sip_help_tcp() stores the size change of each NAT-rewritten SIP message
in s16 diff and accumulates it in s16 tdiff, but a single message can
grow by more than S16_MAX while the packet stays under the 65535
enlarge_skb() limit: nf_nat_sip() rewrites every matching URI, and a long
Contact list expands the message by tens of kilobytes. diff then wraps,
and "datalen = datalen + diff - msglen" yields a huge unsigned datalen,
so the next iteration's ct_sip_get_header() reads past the linearized skb
tail.
Widen diff, tdiff and the seq_adjust hook to s32. Both are bounded by the
65535 byte packet limit, and the seqadj core is already s32
(nf_ct_seqadj_set() takes s32), so no previously accepted input is
rejected.
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ct_sip_get_header (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c:464)
Read of size 1 at addr ffff888010800000 by task ksoftirqd/1/25
ct_sip_get_header (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c:464)
sip_help_tcp (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c:1694)
nf_confirm (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c:183)
nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:619)
ip6_output (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:246)
ip6_forward (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:690)
ipv6_rcv (net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:351)
__netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:6212)
process_backlog (net/core/dev.c:6676)
__napi_poll (net/core/dev.c:7735)
net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:7955)
handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:622)
run_ksoftirqd (kernel/softirq.c:1076)
...
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
f5b321bd37fbec9188feb1f721ab46a5ac0b35da before ed1f9be6dc8e2e280b8725e44ccdc6e0cd38640d; f5b321bd37fbec9188feb1f721ab46a5ac0b35da before 1b0843f9e9b9b0b9b4b70d143b67e58163c85b2c; f5b321bd37fbec9188feb1f721ab46a5ac0b35da before 32d4abc8923b0d4046fd63ad6e4917872e44eb6d; f5b321bd37fbec9188feb1f721ab46a5ac0b35da before 63eea41759fd682229c14e0a2205802b46d106f3; f5b321bd37fbec9188feb1f721ab46a5ac0b35da before c97621a110e386b2dd69e276eb699e1d3cec581d; f5b321bd37fbec9188feb1f721ab46a5ac0b35da before f74554e67ccf04d1fa71069e8c9afa2717e40716; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74569
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74569
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b0843f9e9b9b0b9b4b70d143b67e58163c85b2c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32d4abc8923b0d4046fd63ad6e4917872e44eb6d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63eea41759fd682229c14e0a2205802b46d106f3
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c97621a110e386b2dd69e276eb699e1d3cec581d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db3d0e0e5d4bc5ab4fe445b9f413d1b486508ca5
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed1f9be6dc8e2e280b8725e44ccdc6e0cd38640d
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