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CVE-2026-43139

high

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm6: fix uninitialized saddr in xfrm6_get_saddr() xfrm6_get_saddr() does not check the…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm6: fix uninitialized saddr in xfrm6_get_saddr() xfrm6_get_saddr() does not check the return value of ipv6_dev_get_saddr(). When ipv6_dev_get_saddr() fails to find a suitable source address (returns -EADDRNOTAVAIL), saddr->in6 is left uninitialized, but xfrm6_get_saddr() still returns 0 (success). This causes the caller xfrm_tmpl_resolve_one() to use the uninitialized address in xfrm_state_find(), triggering KMSAN warning: ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in xfrm_state_find+0x2424/0xa940 xfrm_state_find+0x2424/0xa940 xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x906/0x5a20 xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0xcc0/0x3770 xfrm_lookup_route+0x63/0x2b0 ip_route_output_flow+0x1ce/0x270 udp_sendmsg+0x2ce1/0x3400 inet_sendmsg+0x1ef/0x2a0 __sock_sendmsg+0x278/0x3d0 __sys_sendto+0x593/0x720 __x64_sys_sendto+0x130/0x200 x64_sys_call+0x332b/0x3e70 do_syscall_64+0xd3/0xf80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Local variable tmp.i.i created at: xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x3e3/0x5a20 xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0xcc0/0x3770 ===================================================== Fix by checking the return value of ipv6_dev_get_saddr() and propagating the error.

CVSS
8.6
8.6 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-05-06 12:16
Modified: 2026-11-11 21:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 5 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 21:11 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥2.6.19 <5.10.252, ≥5.11 <5.15.202, ≥5.16 <6.1.165, ≥6.2 <6.6.128, ≥6.7 <6.12.75, ≥6.13 <6.18.16

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1799d8abeabc68ec05679292aaf6cba93b343c05
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dcd1664ac15eee6a690daec7c4ffc59190406f7
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f28141786e1fe884ce42a5197ba9beed540f0ea
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6535867673bf301d52aa00593a4d1d18cc3922fa
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/719918fc88df6da023dfff370cd965151a5afd7f
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7221e7bd8fc2ef38a0b27be580d9d202281306b
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc0abce055134cb83b0d981d31ceb20dda419787
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb2ee15290af14c60b45cf2b73f5687d1d077d9b

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 21:11 UTC · record ↗

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