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CVE-2026-43085 MEDIUM

Published: 2026-05-06 | Last Modified: 2026-09-08 | Status: Modified

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.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactNONE
Integrity ImpactNONE
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Impact Score: 3.6

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Primary
en NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d2364d6af00> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d24245baf80> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d2364d694c0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d23be9fc600> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d2364d691c0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d2364d6a780> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d24246e6a00> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 2.6.23 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d24247355c0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d2364d6a3c0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d2364d6b7c0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d242a79c280> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d24245b8a00> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d24246274c0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d2364d69100> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7d2424509d40> Operating System

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.23:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

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