CVE-2026-23397Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency in Linux

Severity
8.2HIGH
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 26
Latest updateApr 20

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints nfnl_osf_add_callback() validates opt_num bounds and string NUL-termination but does not check individual option length fields. A zero-length option causes nf_osf_match_one() to enter the option matching loop even when foptsize sums to zero, which matches packets with no TCP options where ctx->optp is NULL: Oops: general protection fault KASAN: null-ptr-deref i

Affected Packages5 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel2.6.316.1.167+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.19.10-1
CVEListV5linux/linux11eeef41d5f63c7d2f7fdfcc733eb7fb137cc384aa0574182c46963c3cdb8cde46ec93aca21100d8+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.19.10-1 (forky)

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
VulDB
Linux Kernel up to 7.0-rc4 nfnetlink_osf nfnetlink_osf.c nfnl_osf_add_callback out-of-bounds (EUVD-2026-16157 / WID-SEC-2026-0879)2026-04-20
OSV
nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints2026-03-26
OSV
CVE-2026-23397: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints nfnl_osf_add_cal2026-03-26
GHSA
GHSA-3rcm-5vqm-53w6: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints nfnl_osf_add_c2026-03-26

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
Linux kernel: nfnetlink_osf: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in nfnetlink_osf via crafted network packets2026-03-26
Microsoft
nfnetlink_osf: validate individual option lengths in fingerprints2026-03-10
Debian
CVE-2026-23397: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfnetlink_o...2026

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