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CVE-2026-43088

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2026
Source publication
Source updated
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Source snapshot
cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

net: af_key: zero aligned sockaddr tail in PF_KEY exports

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: af_key: zero aligned sockaddr tail in PF_KEY exports PF_KEY export paths use `pfkey_sockaddr_size()` when reserving sockaddr payload space, so IPv6 addresses occupy 32 bytes on the wire. However, `pfkey_sockaddr_fill()` initializes only the first 28 bytes of `struct sockaddr_in6`, leaving the final 4 aligned bytes uninitialized. Not every PF_KEY message is affected. The state and policy dump builders already zero the whole message buffer before filling the sockaddr payloads. Keep the fix to the export paths that still append aligned sockaddr payloads with plain `skb_put()`: - `SADB_ACQUIRE` - `SADB_X_NAT_T_NEW_MAPPING` - `SADB_X_MIGRATE` Fix those paths by clearing only the aligned sockaddr tail after `pfkey_sockaddr_fill()`.

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
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2affectedgit6df5f90175fe4c584e9960b6c00131a7bf2b5399UnavailableNone listed
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2affectedgit746ee79d9e140f0e9e56f5123eaa88ad9332de7bUnavailableNone listed
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2affectedgite357c3cf8a44d4ec1f49ad6981e4ab9704354347UnavailableNone listed
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2affectedgit3c19cb8a84ef709d57943bd6664cf31cb91ba6ecUnavailableNone listed
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2affectedgit11cbf294bac623bd57296f231199193087f57b4aUnavailableNone listed
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2affectedgitedd446ee7cd3d02cac246168063d5b3e9ea68460UnavailableNone listed
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2affectedgit2e74f974359b5382ecbe8536abbb5b837eb6c724UnavailableNone listed
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2affectedgit426c355742f02cf743b347d9d7dbdc1bfbfa31efUnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
2.6.12affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver2.6.12UnavailableNone listed
5.10.270unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.15.221unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
6.1.188unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.1.*None listed
6.6.143unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.6.*None listed
6.12.88unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.12.*None listed
6.18.30unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.18.*None listed
6.19.14unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.19.*None listed
7.0unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed