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GHSA-2fjw-whxm-9v4q: libnftnl has Heap-based Buffer Overflow in nftnl::Batch::with_page_size (nftnl-rs)

November 25, 2025 (updated December 1, 2025)

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the Rust wrapper for libnftnl, triggered via the nftnl::Batch::with_page_size constructor. When a small or malformed page size is provided, the underlying C code allocates an insufficient buffer, leading to out-of-bounds writes during batch initialization.

The flaw was fixed in commit 94a286f by adding an overflow check:

batch_page_size
.checked_add(crate::nft_nlmsg_maxsize())
.expect("batch_page_size is too large and would overflow");

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-2fjw-whxm-9v4q
  • github.com/mullvad/nftnl-rs
  • github.com/mullvad/nftnl-rs/commit/94a286f87e88f431913d19668246de9006790125
  • github.com/mullvad/nftnl-rs/issues/76
  • rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0126.html

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.9.0

Fixed versions

  • 0.9.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.9.0 or above.

Impact 10 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Source file

cargo/nftnl/GHSA-2fjw-whxm-9v4q.yml

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