Tracker / CVE-2026-31664
CVE-2026-31664
Medium 5.5
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: clear trailing padding in build_polexpire() build_expire() clears the trailing padding bytes of struct xfrm_user_expire after setting the hard field via memset_after(), but the analogous function build_polexpire() does not do this for struct xfrm_user_polexpire. The padding bytes after the __u8 hard field are left uninitialized from the heap allocation, and are then sent to userspace via netlink multicast to XFRMNLGRP_EXPIRE listeners, leaking kernel heap memory contents. Add the missing memset_after() call, matching build_expire().
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 2.6.12.1 → 6.1.169 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.18.23 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.19 → 6.19.13 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.135 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.12.82 |
Analysis
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