High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2026· Updated May 8, 2026
CVE-2026-43040
CVE-2026-43040
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.
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Affected products
82cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.6.24,<5.10.253
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- osv-coords74 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=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_84&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012%20SP5
< 6.12.0-160000.35.1+ 73 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1.160000.2.16
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1.150700.17.35.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1.160000.2.16
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1.160000.2.16
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-47.1.21.24
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-47.1.21.24
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1.160000.2.16
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-150700.1.5.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1-150700.15.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.7.59.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.7.59.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.317.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.7.59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-8.7.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/11d7fe97421cfc81549940c20ed5ac9472d6db05nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1da9023f6b071a38e5430ffbce4b70b2b1ac4f9cnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fe4d0ba690a69ad6ae9f7ab9bdc96e02610b648nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f810c686fde509d1cdaa706322d9d2531f8f1a4nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f56d87e527bb5a13c3e8b0d5840cb6332822f6dnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae05340ccaa9d347fe85415609e075545bec589fnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b485eef3d97b7aae55ce669b6de555ec81f3d21cnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef3645606e4a635d5062a492f22b7f490852ee67nvdPatch
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