CVE-2026-72253 (GCVE-0-2026-72253)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 05:54
Modified
2026-08-23 12:47
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: validate skb_dst() before accessing it
tc ingress and openvswitch do not guarantee routing information to be
available. These subsystems use the conntrack helper infrastructure, and
the SIP helper relies on the skb_dst() to be present if
sip_external_media is set to 1 (which is disabled by default as a module
parameter).
This effectively disables the sip_external_media toggle for these
subsystems without resulting in a crash.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: cae3a2627520c3795b54533c5328b77af3405dbe Version: cae3a2627520c3795b54533c5328b77af3405dbe Version: cae3a2627520c3795b54533c5328b77af3405dbe Version: cae3a2627520c3795b54533c5328b77af3405dbe Version: cae3a2627520c3795b54533c5328b77af3405dbe Version: cae3a2627520c3795b54533c5328b77af3405dbe Version: cae3a2627520c3795b54533c5328b77af3405dbe Version: cae3a2627520c3795b54533c5328b77af3405dbe |
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