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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: flowtable: strictly check for maximum number of actions
The maximum number of flowtable hardware offload actions in IPv6 is:
* ethernet mangling (4 payload actions, 2 for each ethernet address)
* SNAT (4 payload actions)
* DNAT (4 payload actions)
* Double VLAN (4 vlan actions, 2 for popping vlan, and 2 for pushing)
for QinQ.
* Redirect (1 action)
Which makes 17, while the maximum is 16. But act_ct supports for tunnels
actions too. Note that payload action operates at 32-bit word level, so
mangling an IPv6 address takes 4 payload actions.
Update flow_action_entry_next() calls to check for the maximum number of
supported actions.
While at it, rise the maximum number of actions per flow from 16 to 24
so this works fine with IPv6 setups.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-08
A vulnerability was found in systemd-coredump. This flaw allows an attacker to force a SUID process to crash and replace it with a non-SUID binary to access the original's privileged process coredump, allowing the attacker to read sensitive data, such as /etc/shadow content, loaded by the original process.
A SUID binary or process has a special type of permission, which allows the process to run with the file owner's permissions, regardless of the user executing the binary. This allows the process to access more restricted data than unprivileged users or processes would be able to. An attacker can leverage this flaw by forcing a SUID process to crash and force the Linux kernel to recycle the process PID before systemd-coredump can analyze the /proc/pid/auxv file. If the attacker wins the race condition, they gain access to the original's SUID process coredump file. They can read sensitive content loaded into memory by the original binary, affecting data confidentiality.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.008
Published
2025-05-30