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CVE-2026-53238

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
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:e81563909a5bacb757a1ef85892addded9ad07c727d61b08b5585aadfcc34a11
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4700f4277fb9eff70234bfafa14a348b1ff4706c8953ce091693ee6d1529409d · sha256:b245dd3ec4c460fd… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"lessThan":"975a84fd741440853380d37465b6e226cf47254c","status":"affected","version":"8cc44579d1bd77ba3a32f2cb76fd9669c229c5fd","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"672f0f3b8f875ffe6525a37847eafa7648c4c0c6","status":"affected","version":"8cc44579d1bd77ba3a32f2cb76fd9669c229c5fd","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"95bda3eac0b1454c2cee98d58d9ba6dd8391e843","status":"affected","version":"8cc44579d1bd…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4700f4277fb9eff70234bfafa14a348b1ff4706c8953ce091693ee6d1529409d · sha256:b245dd3ec4c460fd… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"2.6.25"},{"lessThan":"2.6.25","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","version":"5.10.259","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","version":"5.15.210","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.1.176","versionType":"se…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4700f4277fb9eff70234bfafa14a348b1ff4706c8953ce091693ee6d1529409d · sha256:b245dd3ec4c460fd… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"lessThan":"975a84fd741440853380d37465b6e226cf47254c","status":"affected","version":"8cc44579d1bd77ba3a32f2cb76fd9669c229c5fd","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"672f0f3b8f875ffe6525a37847eafa7648c4c0c6","status":"affected","version":"8cc44579d1bd77ba3a32f2cb76fd9669c229c5fd","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"95bda3eac0b1454c2cee98d58d9ba6dd8391e843","status":"affected","version":"8cc44579d1bd…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4700f4277fb9eff70234bfafa14a348b1ff4706c8953ce091693ee6d1529409d · sha256:b245dd3ec4c460fd… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Source references

8 source assertions
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07a18f5c90dd3d586b73242f5a5bbf0a72f2fdc6"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4700f4277fb9eff70234bfafa14a348b1ff4706c8953ce091693ee6d1529409d · sha256:b245dd3ec4c460fd… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c4bb32ad7fdc2dc6a8050f41eb04d4bda56b6c8"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4700f4277fb9eff70234bfafa14a348b1ff4706c8953ce091693ee6d1529409d · sha256:b245dd3ec4c460fd… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/672f0f3b8f875ffe6525a37847eafa7648c4c0c6"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4700f4277fb9eff70234bfafa14a348b1ff4706c8953ce091693ee6d1529409d · sha256:b245dd3ec4c460fd… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71c52da13c3737493b42d20d9f33de34e03b3156"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4700f4277fb9eff70234bfafa14a348b1ff4706c8953ce091693ee6d1529409d · sha256:b245dd3ec4c460fd… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95bda3eac0b1454c2cee98d58d9ba6dd8391e843"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4700f4277fb9eff70234bfafa14a348b1ff4706c8953ce091693ee6d1529409d · sha256:b245dd3ec4c460fd… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975a84fd741440853380d37465b6e226cf47254c"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4700f4277fb9eff70234bfafa14a348b1ff4706c8953ce091693ee6d1529409d · sha256:b245dd3ec4c460fd… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9772589b57e44aedc240211c5c3f7a684a034d3a"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4700f4277fb9eff70234bfafa14a348b1ff4706c8953ce091693ee6d1529409d · sha256:b245dd3ec4c460fd… · /containers/cna/references/7
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccfe292a966079c61ea68a2da303b2a336170993"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4700f4277fb9eff70234bfafa14a348b1ff4706c8953ce091693ee6d1529409d · sha256:b245dd3ec4c460fd… · /containers/cna/references/6

Attribution and limitations

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