GHSA-5fvv-6wpc-9mr7MediumCVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: clear trailing padding...

Published
April 24, 2026
Last Modified
June 1, 2026

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📋 Description

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

xfrm: clear trailing padding in build_polexpire()

build_expire() clears the trailing padding bytes of struct xfrm_user_expire after setting the hard field via memset_after(), but the analogous function build_polexpire() does not do this for struct xfrm_user_polexpire.

The padding bytes after the __u8 hard field are left uninitialized from the heap allocation, and are then sent to userspace via netlink multicast to XFRMNLGRP_EXPIRE listeners, leaking kernel heap memory contents.

Add the missing memset_after() call, matching build_expire().

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