Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 24, 2026· Updated Jun 1, 2026
CVE-2026-31664
CVE-2026-31664
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: clear trailing padding in build_polexpire()
build_expire() clears the trailing padding bytes of struct xfrm_user_expire after setting the hard field via memset_after(), but the analogous function build_polexpire() does not do this for struct xfrm_user_polexpire.
The padding bytes after the __u8 hard field are left uninitialized from the heap allocation, and are then sent to userspace via netlink multicast to XFRMNLGRP_EXPIRE listeners, leaking kernel heap memory contents.
Add the missing memset_after() call, matching build_expire().
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Affected products
22cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.6.12.1,<6.1.169
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_84&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012%20SP5
< 4.12.14-122.317.1+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-8.7.1
Patches
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/71a98248c63c535eaa4d4c22f099b68d902006d0nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac6985903db047eaff54db929e4bf6b06782788envdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1dfd6b27df35ef4f87825aa5f607378d23ff0f2nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c221ed63a2769a0af8bd849dfe25740048f34ef4nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1af65c669ebb1666c54576614c01a7f9ffcfff6nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/eda30846ea54f8ed218468e5480c8305ca645e37nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5127501c8d30b5728791b1e340284ca5c9cc4bdnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6f4ffe8596947a595c9544e73a73adcb0568b88nvd
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