{"cve":"CVE-2025-68206","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-16T14:15:53.487","modified":"2026-10-15T22:19:10.273","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nft_ct: add seqadj extension for natted connections\n\nSequence adjustment may be required for FTP traffic with PASV/EPSV modes.\ndue to need to re-write packet payload (IP, port) on the ftp control\nconnection. This can require changes to the TCP length and expected\nseq / ack_seq.\n\nThe easiest way to reproduce this issue is with PASV mode.\nExample ruleset:\ntable inet ftp_nat {\n        ct helper ftp_helper {\n                type \"ftp\" protocol tcp\n                l3proto inet\n        }\n\n        chain prerouting {\n                type filter hook prerouting priority 0; policy accept;\n                tcp dport 21 ct state new ct helper set \"ftp_helper\"\n        }\n}\ntable ip nat {\n        chain prerouting {\n                type nat hook prerouting priority -100; policy accept;\n                tcp dport 21 dnat ip prefix to ip daddr map {\n\t\t\t192.168.100.1 : 192.168.13.2/32 }\n        }\n\n        chain postrouting {\n                type nat hook postrouting priority 100 ; policy accept;\n                tcp sport 21 snat ip prefix to ip saddr map {\n\t\t\t192.168.13.2 : 192.168.100.1/32 }\n        }\n}\n\nNote that the ftp helper gets assigned *after* the dnat setup.\n\nThe inverse (nat after helper assign) is handled by an existing\ncheck in nf_nat_setup_info() and will not show the problem.\n\nTopoloy:\n\n +-------------------+     +----------------------------------+\n | FTP: 192.168.13.2 | <-> | NAT: 192.168.13.3, 192.168.100.1 |\n +-------------------+     +----------------------------------+\n                                      |\n                         +-----------------------+\n                         | Client: 192.168.100.2 |\n                         +-----------------------+\n\nftp nat changes do not work as expected in this case:\nConnected to 192.168.100.1.\n[..]\nftp> epsv\nEPSV/EPRT on IPv4 off.\nftp> ls\n227 Entering passive mode (192,168,100,1,209,129).\n421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection.\n\nKernel logs:\nMissing nfct_seqadj_ext_add() setup call\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 0 at net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_seqadj.c:41\n[..]\n __nf_nat_mangle_tcp_packet+0x100/0x160 [nf_nat]\n nf_nat_ftp+0x142/0x280 [nf_nat_ftp]\n help+0x4d1/0x880 [nf_conntrack_ftp]\n nf_confirm+0x122/0x2e0 [nf_conntrack]\n nf_hook_slow+0x3c/0xb0\n ..\n\nFix this by adding the required extension when a conntrack helper is assigned\nto a connection that has a nat binding.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b52d89cbbb0dbe3e948d8d9a91e704316dccfe6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab2cd906e4e1a19ddbda6eb532851b0e9cda110","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4de80f0dc3868408dd7fe9817e507123c9dd8bb0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83273af0b60c093ba0085c205864d8542e1b1653","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90918e3b6404c2a37837b8f11692471b4c512de2"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68206","score":0.00712,"percentile":0.5331,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}