CVE-2026-46207

MEDIUM

vsock/virtio: fix empty payload in tap skb for non-linear buffers

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: fix empty payload in tap skb for non-linear buffers For non-linear skbs, virtio_transport_build_skb() goes through virtio_transport_copy_nonlinear_skb() to copy the original payload in the new skb to be delivered to the vsockmon tap device. This manually initializes an iov_iter but does not set iov_iter.count. Since the iov_iter is zero-initialized, the copy length is zero and no payload is actually copied to the monitor interface, leaving data un-initialized. Fix this by removing the linear vs non-linear split and using skb_copy_datagram_iter() with iov_iter_kvec() for all cases, as vhost-vsock already does. This handles both linear and non-linear skbs, properly initializes the iov_iter, and removes the now unused virtio_transport_copy_nonlinear_skb(). While touching this code, let's also check the return value of skb_copy_datagram_iter(), even though it's unlikely to fail.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 2.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (13)
Linux/Linux < 6.7
Linux/Linux 4b0bf10eb077cb43c09746251ef3608d62c45667 - 06747f52ab157591cec7e5623a759473b66ef6f6
Linux/Linux 4b0bf10eb077cb43c09746251ef3608d62c45667 - 378b131a25bd1a5ee27ca199fe486c299d5350c5
Linux/Linux 4b0bf10eb077cb43c09746251ef3608d62c45667 - 3a3e3d90cbc79600544536723911657730759af3
Linux/Linux 4b0bf10eb077cb43c09746251ef3608d62c45667 - 52da6a74ca3de0fcda60301096b71534b3b18641
Linux/Linux 6.12.90 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.32 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.7
Linux/Linux 7.0.9 - 7.0.*
Linux/Linux 7.1
... and 3 more
Published May 28, 2026
Tracked Since May 28, 2026