Bug 2418848 (CVE-2025-40236) - CVE-2025-40236 kernel: virtio-net: zero unused hash fields
Summary: CVE-2025-40236 kernel: virtio-net: zero unused hash fields
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-40236
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-04 16:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-12-19 12:46 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-04 16:04:12 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

virtio-net: zero unused hash fields

When GSO tunnel is negotiated virtio_net_hdr_tnl_from_skb() tries to
initialize the tunnel metadata but forget to zero unused rxhash
fields. This may leak information to another side. Fixing this by
zeroing the unused hash fields.


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