CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-43040

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, when processing user options in IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) messages, the nduseroptmsg structure sent in RTM_NEWNDUSEROPT netlink message does not zero its padding fields, potentially leaking kernel memory. The fix initializes these padding fields to zero.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of leaking sensitive kernel memory data, which could be read by a local attacker or via network traffic, potentially exposing system or process information.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit addressing the vulnerability) and reboot the system to load the new kernel.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: ndisc: fix ndisc_ra_useropt to initialize nduseropt_padX fields to zero to prevent an info-leak When processing Router Advertisements with user options the kernel builds an RTM_NEWNDUSEROPT netlink message. The nduseroptmsg struct has three padding fields that are never zeroed and can leak kernel data The fix is simple, just zeroes the padding fields.

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