CVE-2022-49865
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2022
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
ipv6: addrlabel: fix infoleak when sending struct ifaddrlblmsg to network
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: addrlabel: fix infoleak when sending struct ifaddrlblmsg to network When copying a `struct ifaddrlblmsg` to the network, __ifal_reserved remained uninitialized, resulting in a 1-byte infoleak: BUG: KMSAN: kernel-network-infoleak in __netdev_start_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:4841 __netdev_start_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:4841 netdev_start_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:4857 xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3590 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x1dc/0x800 net/core/dev.c:3606 __dev_queue_xmit+0x17e8/0x4350 net/core/dev.c:4256 dev_queue_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:3009 __netlink_deliver_tap_skb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:307 __netlink_deliver_tap+0x728/0xad0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:325 netlink_deliver_tap net/netlink/af_netlink.c:338 __netlink_sendskb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1263 netlink_sendskb+0x1d9/0x200 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1272 netlink_unicast+0x56d/0xf50 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1360 nlmsg_unicast ./include/net/netlink.h:1061 rtnl_unicast+0x5a/0x80 net/core/rtnetlink.c:758 ip6addrlbl_get+0xfad/0x10f0 net/ipv6/addrlabel.c:628 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0xb33/0x1570 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6082 ... Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook+0x118/0xb00 mm/slab.h:742 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3398 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x4f2/0x930 mm/slub.c:3437 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:954 __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x117/0x3d0 mm/slab_common.c:975 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:437 __alloc_skb+0x27a/0xab0 net/core/skbuff.c:509 alloc_skb ./include/linux/skbuff.h:1267 nlmsg_new ./include/net/netlink.h:964 ip6addrlbl_get+0x490/0x10f0 net/ipv6/addrlabel.c:608 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0xb33/0x1570 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6082 netlink_rcv_skb+0x299/0x550 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2540 rtnetlink_rcv+0x26/0x30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6109 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 netlink_unicast+0x9ab/0xf50 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345 netlink_sendmsg+0xebc/0x10f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921 ... This patch ensures that the reserved field is always initialized.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a8cc6c89039e0530a3335954253b76ed0f9339a | affected | git | 568a47ff756f913e8b374c2af9d22cd2c772c744 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2a8cc6c89039e0530a3335954253b76ed0f9339a | affected | git | 0f85b7ae7c4b5d7b4bbf7ac653a733c181a8a2bf | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2a8cc6c89039e0530a3335954253b76ed0f9339a | affected | git | 6d26d0587abccb9835382a0b53faa7b9b1cd83e3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2a8cc6c89039e0530a3335954253b76ed0f9339a | affected | git | 58cd7fdc8c1e6c7873acc08f190069fed88d1c12 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2a8cc6c89039e0530a3335954253b76ed0f9339a | affected | git | a033b86c7f7621fde31f0364af8986f43b44914f | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2a8cc6c89039e0530a3335954253b76ed0f9339a | affected | git | 2acb2779b147decd300c117683d5a32ce61c75d6 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2a8cc6c89039e0530a3335954253b76ed0f9339a | affected | git | 49e92ba5ecd7d72ba369dde2ccff738edd028a47 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2a8cc6c89039e0530a3335954253b76ed0f9339a | affected | git | c23fb2c82267638f9d206cb96bb93e1f93ad7828 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6.25 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 2.6.25 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.9.334 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.9.* | None listed |
| 4.14.300 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.14.* | None listed |
| 4.19.267 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.19.* | None listed |
| 5.4.225 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.155 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.79 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.0.9 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.0.* | None listed |
| 6.1 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |