CVE-2026-72252
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: don't leak bad clone into future transaction
On memory allocation failure the cloned nft_pipapo_match can enter a bad state: - some fields can have their lookup tables resized while others did not - bits might have been toggled - scratch map can be undersized which also means m->bsize_max can be lower than what is required
This means that the next insertion in the same batch can trigger out-of-bounds writes.
Furthermore, a failure in the first can result in the bad clone to leak into the next transaction because the abort callback is never executed in this case (the upper layer saw an error and no attempt to allocate a transactional request was made).
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Record a state for the nft_pipapo_match structure: - NEW (pristine clone) - MOD (modified clone with good state) - ERR (potentially bogus content)
Then make it so that deletes and insertions fail when the clone entered ERR state.
In case the very first insert attempt results in an error, free the clone right away.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.17%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 6
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact75 % - Impacto secundario
T1565.001Stored Data Manipulationimpact70 %
Acceso local (AV:L) sin interacción que permite escalada mediante escritura fuera de límites en el kernel de Linux al manipular estructuras de netfilter en transacciones fallidas.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02b6b0e892aea582590671796fd6eff5b93ea93f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/047e813324eac2ac60cddfb58bcdbd0144eadb09
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ab7b1802f63ca5b288ea59acb467830b83abd6b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47e65eff50691f0a5b79d325e28d83ec1da43bcf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/610e3b73efaec3dd81a95dcda2421ad7d9795bd0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc53703f48558896295f565cd4f5e956d21b7af4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e74f9680e1b64872a51cc7b5bda1edaaa08aa51f
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nft_set_pipapo: don't leak bad clone into future transaction\n\nOn memory allocation failure the cloned nft_pipapo_match can enter a bad\nstate:\n - some fields can have their lookup tables resized while others did\n not\n - bits might have been toggled\n - scratch map can be undersized which also means m->bsize_max can be\n lower than what is required\n\nThis means that the next insertion in the same batch can trigger\nout-of-bounds writes.\n\nFurthermore, a failure in the first can result in the bad clone to\nleak into the next transaction because the abort callback is never\nexecuted in this case (the upper layer saw an error and no attempt to\nallocate a transactional request was made).\n\nRecord a state for the nft_pipapo_match structure:\n- NEW (pristine clone)\n- MOD (modified clone with good state)\n- ERR (potentially bogus content)\n\nThen make it so that deletes and insertions fail when the clone\nentered ERR state.\n\nIn case the very first insert attempt results in an error, free the\nclone right away."
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