CVE-2026-43040

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

01/05/2026

Last modified:

08/05/2026

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.10

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.6.24 (including)	5.10.253 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.203 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.168 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.134 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.81 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.13 (including)	6.18.22 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.19 (including)	6.19.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6::::::

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CVE-2026-43040

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools