netfilter: conntrack_irc: fix possible out-of-bounds read
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.2epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 73% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: conntrack_irc: fix possible out-of-bounds read
When parsing fails after we've matched the command string we
should bail out instead of trying to match a different command.
This helper should be deprecated, given prevalence of TLS I doubt it has
any relevance in 2026.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Linux · LinuxReferences
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0afc802160af0df61ed374fdb97fb34cfe5cdf2fhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cdda7f868f48e2f81579371584fdbdce37df2c8https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/573810f61bcd6b6815e2ff53bbdd2b9c9d747176https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66eba0ffce3b7e11449946b4cbbef8ea36112f56https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c34f91305292083253df6a9f6c8ede02d4ccaeahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a1d6e40dedfe1068aee094d851bd69e289c9fd6https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e5da2379f968a3ea5a6e38921ab6201576466dchttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddddd8271359961e403d11c90c9ba9fc38914f7e