CVE-2026-52940
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 5 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tun: zero the whole vnet header in tun_put_user() tun_put_user() declares an on-stack struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash_tunnel without zeroing it. For a non-tunnel skb, virtio_net_hdr_tnl_from_skb() only initializes the first 10 bytes (sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr)), leaving bytes 10..23 (num_buffers and the hash/tunnel fields) as stack garbage. An unprivileged user can set the vnet header size to 24 with TUNSETVNETHDRSZ, so __tun_vnet_hdr_put() copies all 24 bytes of the partially-initialized struct to userspace, leaking 14 bytes of kernel stack on every read of a non-tunnel packet. Fix it the same way tun_get_user() already does by zeroing the whole header right after declaration.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.1–7
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affected products (30)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2056Linux Kernel: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-06-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Angriff auszulösen oder andere, nicht näher spezifizierte Angriffe durchzuführen.
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references (10)
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- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/585cb85e9a29185be05f326369573c2663cf4380cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fd1fa5a4254bfdd70571c77f5e3bcb4e43738d5cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f2fcff15e99bb852f6967396ed12b38376e2c8dcnnvd
- https://www.kernel.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/585cb85e9a29185be05f326369573c2663cf4380enisa_euvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fd1fa5a4254bfdd70571c77f5e3bcb4e43738d5enisa_euvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f2fcff15e99bb852f6967396ed12b38376e2c8denisa_euvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/585cb85e9a29185be05f326369573c2663cf4380Patchnvd
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