CVE-2026-72450

CVE-2026-72450

High · published August 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

xfrm: validate selector family and prefixlen during match

syzbot reported a shift-out-of-bounds in xfrm_selector_match()

due to AF_UNSPEC selector with large prefixlen (e.g. 128) matched

against IPv4 flow (when XFRM_STATE_AF_UNSPEC is set).

Fix this by:

- Rejecting mismatched families in xfrm_selector_match.

- Returning false in addr4_match if prefixlen > 32.

- Returning false in addr_match if prefixlen > 128 (prevents overflow).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00169 · 5.9th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:22Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:56Z
    xfrm: validate selector family and prefixlen during match
    cvelistv5