{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-43085", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-01T14:12:55.983Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-06T07:40:19.915Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:17:26.120Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:17:26.120Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nfnetlink_log: initialize nfgenmsg in NLMSG_DONE terminator\n\nWhen batching multiple NFLOG messages (inst->qlen > 1), __nfulnl_send()\nappends an NLMSG_DONE terminator with sizeof(struct nfgenmsg) payload via\nnlmsg_put(), but never initializes the nfgenmsg bytes. The nlmsg_put()\nhelper only zeroes alignment padding after the payload, not the payload\nitself, so four bytes of stale kernel heap data are leaked to userspace\nin the NLMSG_DONE message body.\n\nUse nfnl_msg_put() to build the NLMSG_DONE terminator, which initializes\nthe nfgenmsg payload via nfnl_fill_hdr(), consistent with how\n__build_packet_message() already constructs NFULNL_MSG_PACKET headers."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c"], "versions": [{"version": "29c5d4afba51c71cfeadd3f74f3c42e064483fb0", "lessThan": "368c22aea490f6f50df831b4f9e3623787686c5b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "29c5d4afba51c71cfeadd3f74f3c42e064483fb0", "lessThan": "d1399632ba255d2e02c757af5d9f5d9279ce168c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "29c5d4afba51c71cfeadd3f74f3c42e064483fb0", "lessThan": "d552bcfca323d175664d7444989b04f55666978a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "29c5d4afba51c71cfeadd3f74f3c42e064483fb0", "lessThan": "15d209bccf9273b4a8b4e579ba0e92d065b6ec8c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "29c5d4afba51c71cfeadd3f74f3c42e064483fb0", "lessThan": "1f3083aec8836213da441270cdb1ab612dd82cf4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c"], "versions": [{"version": "2.6.23", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "2.6.23", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.136", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.83", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.24", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.19.14", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.19.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.0", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.136"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.83"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.24"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19.14"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.23", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/368c22aea490f6f50df831b4f9e3623787686c5b"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1399632ba255d2e02c757af5d9f5d9279ce168c"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d552bcfca323d175664d7444989b04f55666978a"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15d209bccf9273b4a8b4e579ba0e92d065b6ec8c"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f3083aec8836213da441270cdb1ab612dd82cf4"}], "title": "netfilter: nfnetlink_log: initialize nfgenmsg in NLMSG_DONE terminator", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}