CVE-2026-43088

CVE-2026-43088

Medium · published May 6, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: af_key: zero aligned sockaddr tail in PF_KEY exports

PF_KEY export paths use `pfkey_sockaddr_size()` when reserving sockaddr

payload space, so IPv6 addresses occupy 32 bytes on the wire. However,

`pfkey_sockaddr_fill()` initializes only the first 28 bytes of

`struct sockaddr_in6`, leaving the final 4 aligned bytes uninitialized.

Not every PF_KEY message is affected. The state and policy dump builders

already zero the whole message buffer before filling the sockaddr

payloads. Keep the fix to the export paths that still append aligned

sockaddr payloads with plain `skb_put()`:

- `SADB_ACQUIRE`

- `SADB_X_NAT_T_NEW_MAPPING`

- `SADB_X_MIGRATE`

Fix those paths by clearing only the aligned sockaddr tail after

`pfkey_sockaddr_fill()`.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00123 · 1.9th percentile
Published
2026-05-06T14:16Z
Affected products (15)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 2.6.12.1, < 6.12.886.12.88
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.306.18.30
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.146.19.14
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References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 07:40Z
    net: af_key: zero aligned sockaddr tail in PF_KEY exports
    cvelistv5