CVE-2026-23455
Critical · CVSS 9.1Linux Kernel — Out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) via integer underflow in netfilter H.323 connection tracking
- CVSS
- 9.1
- nvd
- EPSS
- —
- KEV
- No
- Class
- oss containerizable
- CWE-125
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931() In DecodeQ931(), the UserUserIE code path reads a 16-bit length from the packet, then decrements it by 1 to skip the protocol discriminator byte before passing it to DecodeH323_UserInformation(). If the encoded length is 0, the decrement wraps to -1, which is then passed as a large value to the decoder, leading to an out-of-bounds read. Add a check to ensure len is positive after the decrement.
Search profile — drives PoC discovery
Symbols DecodeQ931DecodeH323_UserInformationnf_conntrack_h323UserUserIEnf_conntrack_h323_mainDecodeH323_UU_PDU
Keywords CVE-2026-23455nf_conntrack_h323DecodeQ931zero lengthout-of-bounds readnetfilter H323Linux kernel netfilterUserUserIE integer underflowDecodeH323_UserInformation
Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to fixes in commits: 2121f5fbe88d, 495e97af9e72, 633e8f87dad3, 65fa92f79677, 9d00fe7d6d7c
Affected packages
| Linux | Kernel | 2.6.17 → 5.10.253 |
| Linux | Kernel | 5.11.0 → 5.15.203 |
| Linux | Kernel | 5.16.0 → 6.1.167 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.13.0 → 6.18.20 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.19.0 → 6.19.10 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.2.0 → 6.6.130 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.7.0 → 6.12.78 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2121f5fbe88daff0f1fc5bc47d359426c74b86b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/495e97af9e7249ee02b72bb1d0848a6efc3700f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/633e8f87dad32263f6a57dccdb873f042c062111
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65fa92f79677858b14b9e4b7275f26639afe2710
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d00fe7d6d7c5b5f1065a6e042b54f2e44bd6df8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b652b05d51003ac074b912684f9ec7486231717b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f173d0f4c0f689173f8cdac79991043a4a89bf66
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5e4f4e4cdb75ec36802059a94195a31f193da60
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
Status: enriched · ingested 2026-07-14T18:00:20.000Z · profiled 2026-07-14T18:30:20.000Z