Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ebtables: module names must be null-terminated We need to explicitly check the length, else we may pass non-null terminated string to request_module().
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References10
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/084d23f818321390509e9738a0b08bbf46df6425 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ddca0f90fa3395111d078ae4399615cf3ea94aa Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/13a5f532e3a4fc75c33060a026def1572c208643 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/43dd2332b8a27b3ac5108791680cade654ab0f96 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5777c8f1c3610786d8482b8f620f40fccaf1542b Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b217960e88b5d2d1e8cdcbcaf3bdf6fe199a0c8 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2367d99f2455f373996d9ddbe833dbe9f942213 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/da32e78bbb187ed7b137e0007034185570a3a172 Patch
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.1
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 3 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-125
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