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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-46207"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-05-28T09:40:25.583Z"
updatedAt: "2026-06-14T18:02:44.626Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-46207"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-46207.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46207"
title: "vsock/virtio: fix empty payload in tap skb for non-linear buffers"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvsock/virtio: fix empty payload in tap skb for non-linear buffers\n\nFor non-linear skbs, virtio_transport_build_skb() goes through\nvirtio_transport_copy_nonlinear_skb() to copy the original payload\nin the new skb to be delivered to the vsockmon tap device.\nThis manually initializes an iov_iter but does not set iov_iter.count.\nSince the iov_iter is zero-initialized, the copy length is zero and no\npayload is actually copied to the monitor interface, leaving data\nun-initialized.\n\nFix this by removing the linear vs non-linear split and using\nskb_copy_datagram_iter() with iov_iter_kvec() for all cases, as\nvhost-vsock already does. This handles both linear and non-linear skbs,\nproperly initializes the iov_iter, and removes the now unused\nvirtio_transport_copy_nonlinear_skb().\n\nWhile touching this code, let's also check the return value of\nskb_copy_datagram_iter(), even though it's unlikely to fail."
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