CVE-2026-52937

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

24/06/2026

Last modified:

08/07/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tap: fix stack info leak in tap_ioctl() SIOCGIFHWADDR In the SIOCGIFHWADDR path, tap_ioctl() copies 16 bytes of an uninitialised on-stack struct sockaddr_storage to userspace via ifr_hwaddr, but netif_get_mac_address() only writes sa_family and dev->addr_len (6 for Ethernet) bytes, leaving sa_data[6..13] uninitialised. Those 8 trailing bytes leak kernel stack contents; SIOCGIFHWADDR on a macvtap chardev returns kernel .text and direct-map pointers, defeating KASLR. Initialise ss at declaration.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.4.103 (including)	5.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.10.21 (including)	5.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11.4 (including)	6.18.34 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.19 (including)	7.0.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2026-52937

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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