Bug 2464354 (CVE-2026-43040) - CVE-2026-43040 kernel: net: ipv6: ndisc: fix ndisc_ra_useropt to initialize nduseropt_padX fields to zero to prevent an info-leak
Summary: CVE-2026-43040 kernel: net: ipv6: ndisc: fix ndisc_ra_useropt to initialize n...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43040
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-05-01 15:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-01 18:03 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-01 15:01:54 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ipv6: ndisc: fix ndisc_ra_useropt to initialize nduseropt_padX fields to zero to prevent an info-leak

When processing Router Advertisements with user options the kernel
builds an RTM_NEWNDUSEROPT netlink message. The nduseroptmsg struct
has three padding fields that are never zeroed and can leak kernel data

The fix is simple, just zeroes the padding fields.


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