CVE-2026-43040

high

Published 2026-05-01 · Modified 2026-05-08

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CVSS v3

7.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.1

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

70%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.1.170-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`6.1.170-1~deb11u1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.19.12-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.19.12-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.12.85-1`
linux-kernel		affected	`5.10.253`
linux-kernel	7.0	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
google	gcp

References

CWEs

CWE-909

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.