GHSA-5fvv-6wpc-9mr7MediumCVSS 5.5
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: clear trailing padding...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 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().
🔗 References (10)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31664
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71a98248c63c535eaa4d4c22f099b68d902006d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac6985903db047eaff54db929e4bf6b06782788e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1dfd6b27df35ef4f87825aa5f607378d23ff0f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c221ed63a2769a0af8bd849dfe25740048f34ef4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1af65c669ebb1666c54576614c01a7f9ffcfff6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eda30846ea54f8ed218468e5480c8305ca645e37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5127501c8d30b5728791b1e340284ca5c9cc4bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6f4ffe8596947a595c9544e73a73adcb0568b88
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5fvv-6wpc-9mr7