In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_nat: avoid invalid nat_net pointer use on failed nf_nat_init()
We ran into below KASAN splat, which is mostly uninteresting, beside
for having nf_nat_register_fn() in the call chain as a cause for the
offending access:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nf_nat_register_fn+0x5f9/0x640
Read of size 8 at addr ffff890031e54c20 by task iptables/9510
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9510 Comm: iptables Not tainted 6.18.18-grsec-full-20260320181326 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
[…] dump_stack_lvl+0xee/0x160 ffff88004117eeb8
[…] print_report+0x6e/0x640 ffff88004117eee0
[…] ? __phys_addr+0x8e/0x140 ffff88004117eef0
[…] ? kasan_addr_to_slab+0x51/0xe0 ffff88004117ef08
[…] ? complete_report_info+0xec/0x1c0 ffff88004117ef20
[…] ? nf_nat_register_fn+0x5f9/0x640 ffff88004117ef48
[…] kasan_report+0xbc/0x140 ffff88004117ef50
[…] ? nf_nat_register_fn+0x5f9/0x640 ffff88004117ef90
[…] nf_nat_register_fn+0x5f9/0x640 ffff88004117eff8
[…] ? nf_nat_icmp_reply_translation+0x6e0/0x6e0 ffff88004117f070
[…] nf_tables_register_hook.part.0+0xa0/0x220 ffff88004117f080
[…] nf_tables_addchain.constprop.0+0x1054/0x1fc0 ffff88004117f0b8
[…] ? nft_chain_lookup.part.0+0x4ce/0xac0 ffff88004117f130
[…] ? nf_tables_abort+0x3d80/0x3d80 ffff88004117f190
[…] ? nf_tables_dumpreset_obj+0x100/0x100 ffff88004117f1c8
[…] ? nft_table_lookup.part.0+0x255/0x300 ffff88004117f310
[…] ? nf_tables_newchain+0x21a4/0x2fa0 ffff88004117f358
[…] nf_tables_newchain+0x21a4/0x2fa0 ffff88004117f360
[…] ? nf_tables_addchain.constprop.0+0x1fc0/0x1fc0 ffff88004117f458
[…] ? nla_get_range_signed+0x4a0/0x4a0 ffff88004117f488
[…] ? lock_acquire+0x16f/0x320 ffff88004117f490
[…] ? find_held_lock+0x3b/0xe0 ffff88004117f4b0
[…] ? __nla_parse+0x45/0x80 ffff88004117f500
[…] nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0xbca/0x19a0 ffff88004117f550
[…] ? nfnetlink_net_exit_batch+0x120/0x120 ffff88004117f618
[…] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_switch+0x63/0xe0 ffff88004117f720
[…] ? gr_acl_handle_mmap+0x1c4/0x320 ffff88004117f7c0
[…] ? nla_get_range_signed+0x4a0/0x4a0 ffff88004117f7e8
[…] ? gr_is_capable+0x6f/0xe0 ffff88004117f830
[…] ? __nla_parse+0x45/0x80 ffff88004117f860
[…] ? skb_pull+0x103/0x1a0 ffff88004117f880
[…] nfnetlink_rcv+0x3db/0x4a0 ffff88004117f8b0
[…] ? nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0x19a0/0x19a0 ffff88004117f8d8
[…] ? netlink_lookup+0xe2/0x240 ffff88004117f900
[…] netlink_unicast+0x74b/0xb00 ffff88004117f930
[…] ? netlink_attachskb+0xb20/0xb20 ffff88004117f980
[…] ? __check_object_size+0x3e/0xaa0 ffff88004117f998
[…] ? security_netlink_send+0x51/0x160 ffff88004117f9c8
[…] netlink_sendmsg+0xa03/0x1200 ffff88004117f9f8
[…] ? netlink_unicast+0xb00/0xb00 ffff88004117fa70
[…] ? netlink_unicast+0xb00/0xb00 ffff88004117fac8
[…] ? ____sys_sendmsg+0xe2a/0x1040 ffff88004117faf8
[…] ____sys_sendmsg+0xe2a/0x1040 ffff88004117fb00
[…] ? kernel_recvmsg+0x300/0x300 ffff88004117fb60
[…] ? reacquire_held_locks+0xe9/0x260 ffff88004117fbc8
[…] ___sys_sendmsg+0x138/0x200 ffff88004117fbf8
[…] ? do_recvmmsg+0x7e0/0x7e0 ffff88004117fc30
[…] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x101/0x1e0 ffff88004117fc50
[…] ? lock_acquire+0x16f/0x320 ffff88004117fd20
[…] ? lock_acquire+0x16f/0x320 ffff88004117fd58
[…] ? find_held_lock+0x3b/0xe0 ffff88004117fd70
[…] __sys_sendmsg+0x17a/0x260 ffff88004117fdc8
[…] ? __sys_sendmsg_sock+0x80/0x80 ffff88004117fdf0
[…] ? syscall_trace_enter+0x15e/0x2c0 ffff88004117fe98
[…] do_syscall_64+0x7d/0x400 ffff88004117fec8
[…] entry_SYSCALL_64_safe_stack+0x4a/0x60 ffff88004117fef8
</TASK>
==================================================================
The out-of-bounds report, though, is a red herring as it is f
---truncated---
netfilter: nf_nat: avoid invalid nat_net pointer use on failed nf_nat_init()
We ran into below KASAN splat, which is mostly uninteresting, beside
for having nf_nat_register_fn() in the call chain as a cause for the
offending access:
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nf_nat_register_fn+0x5f9/0x640
Read of size 8 at addr ffff890031e54c20 by task iptables/9510
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9510 Comm: iptables Not tainted 6.18.18-grsec-full-20260320181326 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
[…] dump_stack_lvl+0xee/0x160 ffff88004117eeb8
[…] print_report+0x6e/0x640 ffff88004117eee0
[…] ? __phys_addr+0x8e/0x140 ffff88004117eef0
[…] ? kasan_addr_to_slab+0x51/0xe0 ffff88004117ef08
[…] ? complete_report_info+0xec/0x1c0 ffff88004117ef20
[…] ? nf_nat_register_fn+0x5f9/0x640 ffff88004117ef48
[…] kasan_report+0xbc/0x140 ffff88004117ef50
[…] ? nf_nat_register_fn+0x5f9/0x640 ffff88004117ef90
[…] nf_nat_register_fn+0x5f9/0x640 ffff88004117eff8
[…] ? nf_nat_icmp_reply_translation+0x6e0/0x6e0 ffff88004117f070
[…] nf_tables_register_hook.part.0+0xa0/0x220 ffff88004117f080
[…] nf_tables_addchain.constprop.0+0x1054/0x1fc0 ffff88004117f0b8
[…] ? nft_chain_lookup.part.0+0x4ce/0xac0 ffff88004117f130
[…] ? nf_tables_abort+0x3d80/0x3d80 ffff88004117f190
[…] ? nf_tables_dumpreset_obj+0x100/0x100 ffff88004117f1c8
[…] ? nft_table_lookup.part.0+0x255/0x300 ffff88004117f310
[…] ? nf_tables_newchain+0x21a4/0x2fa0 ffff88004117f358
[…] nf_tables_newchain+0x21a4/0x2fa0 ffff88004117f360
[…] ? nf_tables_addchain.constprop.0+0x1fc0/0x1fc0 ffff88004117f458
[…] ? nla_get_range_signed+0x4a0/0x4a0 ffff88004117f488
[…] ? lock_acquire+0x16f/0x320 ffff88004117f490
[…] ? find_held_lock+0x3b/0xe0 ffff88004117f4b0
[…] ? __nla_parse+0x45/0x80 ffff88004117f500
[…] nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0xbca/0x19a0 ffff88004117f550
[…] ? nfnetlink_net_exit_batch+0x120/0x120 ffff88004117f618
[…] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_switch+0x63/0xe0 ffff88004117f720
[…] ? gr_acl_handle_mmap+0x1c4/0x320 ffff88004117f7c0
[…] ? nla_get_range_signed+0x4a0/0x4a0 ffff88004117f7e8
[…] ? gr_is_capable+0x6f/0xe0 ffff88004117f830
[…] ? __nla_parse+0x45/0x80 ffff88004117f860
[…] ? skb_pull+0x103/0x1a0 ffff88004117f880
[…] nfnetlink_rcv+0x3db/0x4a0 ffff88004117f8b0
[…] ? nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0x19a0/0x19a0 ffff88004117f8d8
[…] ? netlink_lookup+0xe2/0x240 ffff88004117f900
[…] netlink_unicast+0x74b/0xb00 ffff88004117f930
[…] ? netlink_attachskb+0xb20/0xb20 ffff88004117f980
[…] ? __check_object_size+0x3e/0xaa0 ffff88004117f998
[…] ? security_netlink_send+0x51/0x160 ffff88004117f9c8
[…] netlink_sendmsg+0xa03/0x1200 ffff88004117f9f8
[…] ? netlink_unicast+0xb00/0xb00 ffff88004117fa70
[…] ? netlink_unicast+0xb00/0xb00 ffff88004117fac8
[…] ? ____sys_sendmsg+0xe2a/0x1040 ffff88004117faf8
[…] ____sys_sendmsg+0xe2a/0x1040 ffff88004117fb00
[…] ? kernel_recvmsg+0x300/0x300 ffff88004117fb60
[…] ? reacquire_held_locks+0xe9/0x260 ffff88004117fbc8
[…] ___sys_sendmsg+0x138/0x200 ffff88004117fbf8
[…] ? do_recvmmsg+0x7e0/0x7e0 ffff88004117fc30
[…] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x101/0x1e0 ffff88004117fc50
[…] ? lock_acquire+0x16f/0x320 ffff88004117fd20
[…] ? lock_acquire+0x16f/0x320 ffff88004117fd58
[…] ? find_held_lock+0x3b/0xe0 ffff88004117fd70
[…] __sys_sendmsg+0x17a/0x260 ffff88004117fdc8
[…] ? __sys_sendmsg_sock+0x80/0x80 ffff88004117fdf0
[…] ? syscall_trace_enter+0x15e/0x2c0 ffff88004117fe98
[…] do_syscall_64+0x7d/0x400 ffff88004117fec8
[…] entry_SYSCALL_64_safe_stack+0x4a/0x60 ffff88004117fef8
</TASK>
==================================================================
The out-of-bounds report, though, is a red herring as it is f
---truncated---
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Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-125 |
Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_nat: avoid invalid nat_net pointer use on failed nf_nat_init() We ran into below KASAN splat, which is mostly uninteresting, beside for having nf_nat_register_fn() in the call chain as a cause for the offending access: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nf_nat_register_fn+0x5f9/0x640 Read of size 8 at addr ffff890031e54c20 by task iptables/9510 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9510 Comm: iptables Not tainted 6.18.18-grsec-full-20260320181326 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> […] dump_stack_lvl+0xee/0x160 ffff88004117eeb8 […] print_report+0x6e/0x640 ffff88004117eee0 […] ? __phys_addr+0x8e/0x140 ffff88004117eef0 […] ? kasan_addr_to_slab+0x51/0xe0 ffff88004117ef08 […] ? complete_report_info+0xec/0x1c0 ffff88004117ef20 […] ? nf_nat_register_fn+0x5f9/0x640 ffff88004117ef48 […] kasan_report+0xbc/0x140 ffff88004117ef50 […] ? nf_nat_register_fn+0x5f9/0x640 ffff88004117ef90 […] nf_nat_register_fn+0x5f9/0x640 ffff88004117eff8 […] ? nf_nat_icmp_reply_translation+0x6e0/0x6e0 ffff88004117f070 […] nf_tables_register_hook.part.0+0xa0/0x220 ffff88004117f080 […] nf_tables_addchain.constprop.0+0x1054/0x1fc0 ffff88004117f0b8 […] ? nft_chain_lookup.part.0+0x4ce/0xac0 ffff88004117f130 […] ? nf_tables_abort+0x3d80/0x3d80 ffff88004117f190 […] ? nf_tables_dumpreset_obj+0x100/0x100 ffff88004117f1c8 […] ? nft_table_lookup.part.0+0x255/0x300 ffff88004117f310 […] ? nf_tables_newchain+0x21a4/0x2fa0 ffff88004117f358 […] nf_tables_newchain+0x21a4/0x2fa0 ffff88004117f360 […] ? nf_tables_addchain.constprop.0+0x1fc0/0x1fc0 ffff88004117f458 […] ? nla_get_range_signed+0x4a0/0x4a0 ffff88004117f488 […] ? lock_acquire+0x16f/0x320 ffff88004117f490 […] ? find_held_lock+0x3b/0xe0 ffff88004117f4b0 […] ? __nla_parse+0x45/0x80 ffff88004117f500 […] nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0xbca/0x19a0 ffff88004117f550 […] ? nfnetlink_net_exit_batch+0x120/0x120 ffff88004117f618 […] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_switch+0x63/0xe0 ffff88004117f720 […] ? gr_acl_handle_mmap+0x1c4/0x320 ffff88004117f7c0 […] ? nla_get_range_signed+0x4a0/0x4a0 ffff88004117f7e8 […] ? gr_is_capable+0x6f/0xe0 ffff88004117f830 […] ? __nla_parse+0x45/0x80 ffff88004117f860 […] ? skb_pull+0x103/0x1a0 ffff88004117f880 […] nfnetlink_rcv+0x3db/0x4a0 ffff88004117f8b0 […] ? nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0x19a0/0x19a0 ffff88004117f8d8 […] ? netlink_lookup+0xe2/0x240 ffff88004117f900 […] netlink_unicast+0x74b/0xb00 ffff88004117f930 […] ? netlink_attachskb+0xb20/0xb20 ffff88004117f980 […] ? __check_object_size+0x3e/0xaa0 ffff88004117f998 […] ? security_netlink_send+0x51/0x160 ffff88004117f9c8 […] netlink_sendmsg+0xa03/0x1200 ffff88004117f9f8 […] ? netlink_unicast+0xb00/0xb00 ffff88004117fa70 […] ? netlink_unicast+0xb00/0xb00 ffff88004117fac8 […] ? ____sys_sendmsg+0xe2a/0x1040 ffff88004117faf8 […] ____sys_sendmsg+0xe2a/0x1040 ffff88004117fb00 […] ? kernel_recvmsg+0x300/0x300 ffff88004117fb60 […] ? reacquire_held_locks+0xe9/0x260 ffff88004117fbc8 […] ___sys_sendmsg+0x138/0x200 ffff88004117fbf8 […] ? do_recvmmsg+0x7e0/0x7e0 ffff88004117fc30 […] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x101/0x1e0 ffff88004117fc50 […] ? lock_acquire+0x16f/0x320 ffff88004117fd20 […] ? lock_acquire+0x16f/0x320 ffff88004117fd58 […] ? find_held_lock+0x3b/0xe0 ffff88004117fd70 […] __sys_sendmsg+0x17a/0x260 ffff88004117fdc8 […] ? __sys_sendmsg_sock+0x80/0x80 ffff88004117fdf0 […] ? syscall_trace_enter+0x15e/0x2c0 ffff88004117fe98 […] do_syscall_64+0x7d/0x400 ffff88004117fec8 […] entry_SYSCALL_64_safe_stack+0x4a/0x60 ffff88004117fef8 </TASK> ================================================================== The out-of-bounds report, though, is a red herring as it is f ---truncated--- | |
| Title | netfilter: nf_nat: avoid invalid nat_net pointer use on failed nf_nat_init() | |
| First Time appeared |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-15T05:56:39.126Z
Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.927Z
Link: CVE-2026-72419
No data.
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:15.573
Modified: 2026-08-15T06:22:15.573
Link: CVE-2026-72419
No data.
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-15T11:15:03Z
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