# CVE-2026-74579: netfilter: nft\_payload: fix mask build for partial field offload

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10, 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.151, and 3 more
- Published: 2026-08-17 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- Linux: from a5d45bc0dc50f9dd83703510e9804d813a9cac32, fixed in 3ee7b3f813b11f28cd6efdf7f24d64b5a7fd4dc7; from a5d45bc0dc50f9dd83703510e9804d813a9cac32, fixed in 8720df4504e0ed1781a702f65251bd47b3534d5e; from a5d45bc0dc50f9dd83703510e9804d813a9cac32, fixed in 363c3a84a946d53e5e121c9f47c7c2b7d228c46b; from a5d45bc0dc50f9dd83703510e9804d813a9cac32, fixed in b19b5d2e042c294e2cc1c908dc598f9d64015396; from a5d45bc0dc50f9dd83703510e9804d813a9cac32, fixed in a375d8ace807767f29f276b681b6324c74929b1d; from a5d45bc0dc50f9dd83703510e9804d813a9cac32, fixed in 16b553c46e347bc9de9946c4960654d5884a86de; from a5d45bc0dc50f9dd83703510e9804d813a9cac32, fixed in 630295d5bba1d0e0f494cc459452eb0a0058c545; from a5d45bc0dc50f9dd83703510e9804d813a9cac32, fixed in 39e88f28fb32bf02bd4b525c24c842c9cff5663d; from 5.9.14, fixed in 5.10
- Linux: 5.10
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.10.0, fixed in 5.10.265; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.216; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.183; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.151; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.103; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.44; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_payload: fix mask build for partial field offload nft_payload_offload_mask() builds the offload match mask for a payload expression that covers only part of a header field. For a partial IPv6 address match (field_len = 16, priv_len = 1) that shift is 1 << 120, which is undefined on the 32-bit int operand. It also trims only one word, so the remaining words stay 0xffffffff (and when priv_len is a multiple of 4 the trim is skipped entirely), leaving the mask covering more bytes than the rule matches. UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/netfilter/nft_payload.c:278:20 shift exponent 120 is too large for 32-bit type 'int' ... The match is byte-granular and struct nft_data is zero-initialised, so the correct mask is simply the first priv_len bytes set to 0xff. Set those bytes directly and drop the word/shift trimming; this removes the undefined shift and no longer over-masks the trailing bytes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10, 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.151) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ee7b3f813b11f28cd6efdf7f24d64b5a7fd4dc7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8720df4504e0ed1781a702f65251bd47b3534d5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/363c3a84a946d53e5e121c9f47c7c2b7d228c46b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b19b5d2e042c294e2cc1c908dc598f9d64015396
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a375d8ace807767f29f276b681b6324c74929b1d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16b553c46e347bc9de9946c4960654d5884a86de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/630295d5bba1d0e0f494cc459452eb0a0058c545
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39e88f28fb32bf02bd4b525c24c842c9cff5663d

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