GHSA-9rm5-vvv7-3j2x — medium GitHub Advisory (CVE-2026-31416)

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nfnetlink_log: account for netlink header size

This is a followup to an old bug fix: NLMSG_DONE needs to account
for the netlink header size, not just the attribute size.

This can result in a WARN splat + drop of the netlink message,
but other than this there are no ill effects.

Score	Percentile
0.01%	3.51%

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector
5.5	3.1	—	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Type	Value
GHSA	GHSA-9rm5-vvv7-3j2x ↗
CVE	CVE-2026-31416 ↗