CVE-2026-43190CWE-125

CVE-2026-43190

High · published May 6, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen

Quoting reporter:

In net/netfilter/xt_tcpmss.c (lines 53-68), the TCP option parser reads

op[i+1] directly without validating the remaining option length.

If the last byte of the option field is not EOL/NOP (0/1), the code attempts

to index op[i+1]. In the case where i + 1 == optlen, this causes an

out-of-bounds read, accessing memory past the optlen boundary

(either reading beyond the stack buffer _opt or the

following payload).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00463 · 39.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-05-06T16:16Z
Affected products (13)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 2.6.12.1, < 5.10.2525.10.252
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.2025.15.202
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1656.1.165
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1286.6.128
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.756.12.75
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.166.18.16
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.66.19.6
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References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 11:27Z
    netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen
    cvelistv5