CVE-2026-43085

MEDIUM

netfilter: nfnetlink_log: initialize nfgenmsg in NLMSG_DONE terminator

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nfnetlink_log: initialize nfgenmsg in NLMSG_DONE terminator When batching multiple NFLOG messages (inst->qlen > 1), __nfulnl_send() appends an NLMSG_DONE terminator with sizeof(struct nfgenmsg) payload via nlmsg_put(), but never initializes the nfgenmsg bytes. The nlmsg_put() helper only zeroes alignment padding after the payload, not the payload itself, so four bytes of stale kernel heap data are leaked to userspace in the NLMSG_DONE message body. Use nfnl_msg_put() to build the NLMSG_DONE terminator, which initializes the nfgenmsg payload via nfnl_fill_hdr(), consistent with how __build_packet_message() already constructs NFULNL_MSG_PACKET headers.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (28)
linux/Kernel 2.6.23 - 5.10.258linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.209linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.175linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.24linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.14linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.136linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.83linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.23
Linux/Linux 2.6.23
Linux/Linux 29c5d4afba51c71cfeadd3f74f3c42e064483fb0 - 15d209bccf9273b4a8b4e579ba0e92d065b6ec8c
... and 18 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026