CVE-2026-72441

CVE-2026-72441

published August 15, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

ieee802154: fix kernel-infoleak in dgram_recvmsg()

KMSAN reported a kernel-infoleak in move_addr_to_user():

BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user

include/linux/instrumented.h:131 [inline]

BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _inline_copy_to_user

include/linux/uaccess.h:205 [inline]

BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xcc/0x120

lib/usercopy.c:26

instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:131 [inline]

_inline_copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:205 [inline]

_copy_to_user+0xcc/0x120 lib/usercopy.c:26

copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:236 [inline]

move_addr_to_user+0x2e7/0x440 net/socket.c:302

____sys_recvmsg+0x232/0x610 net/socket.c:2925

...

Uninit was stored to memory at:

ieee802154_addr_to_sa include/net/ieee802154_netdev.h:369 [inline]

dgram_recvmsg+0xa09/0xbe0 net/ieee802154/socket.c:739

The issue occurs because the `pan_id` field of `struct ieee802154_addr`

is left uninitialized when the address mode is `IEEE802154_ADDR_NONE`.

The execution flow is as follows:

1. `__ieee802154_rx_handle_packet()` declares a local `struct

ieee802154_hdr hdr` on the stack.

2. `ieee802154_hdr_pull()` calls `ieee802154_hdr_get_addr()` to parse

the source and destination addresses into this structure.

3. If the address mode is `IEEE802154_ADDR_NONE`,

`ieee802154_hdr_get_addr()` previously only set the `mode` field,

leaving the `pan_id` field containing uninitialized stack memory.

4. This uninitialized `pan_id` is later copied into a `struct

sockaddr_ieee802154` in `dgram_recvmsg()` via `ieee802154_addr_to_sa()`.

5. Finally, `move_addr_to_user()` copies the socket address structure to

user space, leaking the uninitialized bytes.

Fix this by using `memset` to zero out the address structure in

`ieee802154_hdr_get_addr()` when the mode is `IEEE802154_ADDR_NONE`.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00236 · 13.8th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:22Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:56Z
    ieee802154: fix kernel-infoleak in dgram_recvmsg()
    cvelistv5