In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: x_tables: ensure names are nul-terminated Reject names that lack a \0 character before feeding them to functions that expect c-strings. Fixes tag is the most recent commit that needs this change.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/673bbd36cba21d10a10f0932f479df7468e26fbb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73124608172890306b85f2206d8b3cac20e324f1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a958a4f90ddd7de0800b33ca9d7b886b7d40f74e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa6cd4a8863391e0a64f62d8922cb0af732a2cf2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcac50ea0a29d430eedc5ac87b215393b567baa9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2d4a3abb15ca14716c6d8b9ffcbcd7c63626af4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea01c1b219f5a11c66918abaa6f052e5a74041d6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f419bdc205894750f4d3ec042bc87a1b9cde1351