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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53238

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netlabel: validate unlabeled address and mask attribute lengths netlbl_unlabel_a...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netlabel: validate unlabeled address and mask attribute lengths netlbl_unlabel_addrinfo_get() used the address attribute length to determine whether the attribute data could be read as an IPv4 or IPv6 address, but did not independently validate the corresponding mask attribute length. A crafted Generic Netlink request could therefore provide a valid IPv4/IPv6 address attribute with a shorter mask attribute, which would later be read as a full struct in_addr or struct in6_addr. NLA_BINARY policy lengths are maximum lengths by default, so use NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN() for the unlabeled IPv4/IPv6 address and mask attributes. This rejects short attributes during policy validation and also exposes the exact length requirements through policy introspection.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 linux
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.176-1"}]}]
Debian:13 linux
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.12.94-1"}]}]
Debian:14 linux
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.0.13-1"}]}]

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