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CVE-2026-43088

UNKNOWN 0.0

net: af_key: zero aligned sockaddr tail in PF_KEY exports

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.1%
EPSS Percentile
2th

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()`.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published May 6, 2026
Last Updated Jun 19, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 3c19cb8a84ef709d57943bd6664cf31cb91ba6ec 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 11cbf294bac623bd57296f231199193087f57b4a 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < edd446ee7cd3d02cac246168063d5b3e9ea68460 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 2e74f974359b5382ecbe8536abbb5b837eb6c724 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 426c355742f02cf743b347d9d7dbdc1bfbfa31ef
Linux / Linux
2.6.12

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c19cb8a84ef709d57943bd6664cf31cb91ba6ec git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11cbf294bac623bd57296f231199193087f57b4a git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edd446ee7cd3d02cac246168063d5b3e9ea68460 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e74f974359b5382ecbe8536abbb5b837eb6c724 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/426c355742f02cf743b347d9d7dbdc1bfbfa31ef