Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 24, 2026
netdevsim: zero initialize struct iphdr in dummy sk_buff
CVE-2026-52985
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netdevsim: zero initialize struct iphdr in dummy sk_buff
Syzbot reports a KMSAN uninit-value originating from nsim_dev_trap_skb_build, with the allocation also being performed in the same function.
Fix this by calling skb_put_zero instead of skb_put to guarantee zero initialization of the whole IP header.
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8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/175556c049eaec14efde8c6475e763b7579b9de7mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b7b6ae0e93b8d512e208b1378d74af052e4f4e7mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/35eaa6d8d6c2ee65e96f507add856e0eacf24591mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e2cfd0904976e701d7a76b86b694e72af230ab0mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/750d0091bebf44975421268d37484ef87060d263mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/818f7673ed7f4a29d4b9cee8184c47d6e57162b4mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/978ca6ff789f1f19c03288ac20cc1f4774e88490mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc6002865e8c4fcf9e94975f7cf023448d8764e2mitre
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