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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-52942" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-06-24T07:14:30.610Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T19:47:08.584Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-52942" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-52942.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52942" title: "netfilter: nf_log: validate MAC header was set before dumping it" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_log: validate MAC header was set before dumping it\n\nThe fallback path of dump_mac_header() guards the MAC header access\nonly with \"skb-\u003emac_header != skb-\u003enetwork_header\", without checking\nskb_mac_header_was_set(). When the MAC header is unset, mac_header is\n0xffff, so the test passes and skb_mac_header(skb) returns\nskb-\u003ehead + 0xffff, ~64 KiB past the buffer; the loop then reads\ndev-\u003ehard_header_len bytes out of bounds into the kernel log.\n\nThis is reachable via the netdev logger: nf_log_unknown_packet() calls\ndump_mac_header() unconditionally, and an skb sent through AF_PACKET\nwith PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS reaches the egress hook with mac_header still\nunset (__dev_queue_xmit(), which would reset it, is bypassed).\n\nAdd the skb_mac_header_was_set() check the ARPHRD_ETHER path already\nuses, and replace the open-coded MAC header length test with\nskb_mac_header_len(). Only skbs with an unset MAC header are affected;\nvalid ones are dumped as before.\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in dump_mac_header (net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c:831)\n Read of size 1 at addr ffff88800ea49d3f by task exploit/148\n Call Trace:\n kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)\n dump_mac_header (net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c:831)\n nf_log_netdev_packet (net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c:938 net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c:963)\n nf_log_packet (net/netfilter/nf_log.c:260)\n nft_log_eval (net/netfilter/nft_log.c:60)\n nft_do_chain (net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:285)\n nft_do_chain_netdev (net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:307)\n nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:619)\n nf_hook_direct_egress (net/packet/af_packet.c:257)\n packet_xmit (net/packet/af_packet.c:280)\n packet_sendmsg (net/packet/af_packet.c:3114)\n __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2265)" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"7eb9282cd0efac08b8377cbd5037ba297c77e3f7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2e96e1bc9b4d5450e6c33f078e19a9bc1dda6c0b"},{"version":"7eb9282cd0efac08b8377cbd5037ba297c77e3f7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d704ee9c7bc68a161684c51a7ac05b446dcf38d4"},{"version":"7eb9282cd0efac08b8377cbd5037ba297c77e3f7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"befb8968a2abdfa948d5600ea7f7a509a292a590"},{"version":"7eb9282cd0efac08b8377cbd5037ba297c77e3f7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8a81e336da685423f5b64aac4d571e63d674c52a"},{"version":"7eb9282cd0efac08b8377cbd5037ba297c77e3f7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c38d41134085193efd5b237cf513ad5b3421a60d"},{"version":"7eb9282cd0efac08b8377cbd5037ba297c77e3f7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"af1b7699466f6556b351fa25d3dc870abfb5d310"},{"version":"7eb9282cd0efac08b8377cbd5037ba297c77e3f7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"65ef7397eb9a296e91839f5fd10be96f23d332e7"},{"version":"7eb9282cd0efac08b8377cbd5037ba297c77e3f7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a84b6fedbc97078788be78dbdd7517d143ad1a77"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.36","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.36"},{"version":"5.10.261","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.210","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.176","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.143","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.94","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.36","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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