netfilter: nft_nat: fully initialise new_addr in netmap setup
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_nat: fully initialise new_addr in netmap setup nft_nat_setup_netmap() builds the mapped address in an on-stack union nf_inet_addr. For an IPv4 mapping it writes only the 4-byte .ip member and the loop runs a single 32-bit iteration, but it then copies the whole 16-byte union into range->min_addr and range->max_addr, so the upper 12 bytes reach nf_nat_setup_info() uninitialised. KMSAN reports an uninit-value in nf_nat_setup_info() reached from nft_nat_eval(). The IPv6 path fills all 16 bytes and is not affected. Zero-initialise new_addr.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 6.6.158, 7.2.8
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-98322
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 11:22 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
netfilter: nft_nat: fully initialise new_addr in netmap setup
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 6 Oct 2026, 08:46 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_nat: fully initialise new_addr in netmap setup nft_nat_setup_netmap() builds the mapped address in an on-stack union nf_inet_addr. For an IPv4 mapping it writes only the 4-byte .ip member and the loop runs a single 32-bit iteration, but it then copies the whole 16-byte union into range->min_addr and range->max_addr, so the upper 12 bytes reach nf_nat_setup_info() uninitialised. KMSAN reports an uninit-value in nf_nat_setup_info() reached from nft_nat_eval(). The IPv6 path fills all 16 bytes and is not affected. Zero-initialise new_addr.
osv:CVE-2026-98322
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8
Complete source record
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