CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-99030

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, skb_copy_and_csum_bits() returns 0 after copying only the linear part when it reaches unreadable frags, leaving the rest of the caller's buffer unchanged. Since buffers (e.g., ICMP errors or driver TX bounce buffers) are not zeroed beforehand, unexpected memory contents may be sent over the wire.

Risk Assessment

This may leak kernel memory contents onto the network, posing an information disclosure risk.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that zeroes the unfilled part of the buffer.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: skbuff: don't leave stale bytes in skb_copy_and_csum_bits() When skb_copy_and_csum_bits() reaches unreadable frags it returns 0 after copying only the linear part, and the rest of the caller's buffer is left as it was. The callers copy into a buffer that is about to go out on the wire: an ICMP error quoting the offending packet, or a driver's TX bounce buffer in skb_copy_and_csum_dev(). Neither buffer is zeroed beforehand, so whatever was in memory there gets sent. Zero the part of the buffer we didn't fill. The checksum usually won't match the data any more, so the receiver will usually drop the packet, but either way it no longer carries anything it shouldn't. Only zero for a positive @len, a negative one from a broken caller must not turn into a huge memset().

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