KEV catalog · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-53266
8.8
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Descriptions
KEV: Linux Kernel contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the ebtables SNAT target which allows an ARP sender hardware address rewrite to write directly into a nonlinear socket-buffer fragment backed by a splice-imported file page. The impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users are advised to discontinue use and/or transition to a supported version.
NVD: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable The ebtables SNAT target keeps the Ethernet source address rewrite behind skb_ensure_writable(skb, 0). This is intentional: at the bridge ebtables hooks the Ethernet header is addressed through skb_mac_header()/eth_hdr(), while skb->data points at the Ethernet payload. Asking skb_ensure_writable() for ETH_HLEN bytes would check the payload, not the Ethernet header, and would reintroduce the small packet regression fixed by commit 63137bc5882a. However, the optional ARP sender hardware address rewrite is different. It writes through skb_store_bits() at an offset relative to skb->data: skb_store_bits(skb, sizeof(struct arphdr), info->mac, ETH_ALEN) skb_header_pointer() only safely reads the ARP header; it does not make the later sender hardware address range writable. If that range is still held in a nonlinear skb fragment backed by a splice-imported file page, skb_store_bits() maps the frag page and copies the new MAC address directly into it. Ensure the ARP SHA range is writable before reading the ARP header and before calling skb_store_bits().
Compliance SSVC + BOD 26-04
Research metadata
https://www.sentinelone.com/vulnerability-database/cve-2026-53266/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-53266
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485368
https://github.com/advisories/ghsa-xmhg-rr34-2chj
https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2026-53266
QC notes
Hunting hypothesis agent
Hunt kernel logs for oops or KASAN reports referencing ebt_snat_tg or skb_store_bits in ebtables bridge netfilter paths; audit ebtables SNAT rules with --snat-arp via ebtables -t nat -L on bridged hosts using auditd.
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