CVE-2026-31671

NameCVE-2026-31671
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm_user: fix info leak in build_report() struct xfrm_user_report is a __u8 proto field followed by a struct xfrm_selector which means there is three "empty" bytes of padding, but the padding is never zeroed before copying to userspace. Fix that up by zeroing the structure before setting individual member variables.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4561-1, DLA-4606-1, DSA-6238-1, DSA-6243-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.10.257-1fixed
bookworm6.1.170-3fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.174-1fixed
trixie6.12.86-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.90-2fixed
forky, sid7.0.10-1fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)bullseye (security)6.1.174-1~deb11u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebullseye5.10.257-1DLA-4606-1
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.170-1DSA-6243-1
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.85-1DSA-6238-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.19.13-1
linux-6.1sourcebullseye6.1.170-1~deb11u1DLA-4561-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/d10119968d0e1f2b669604baf2a8b5fdb72fa6b4 (7.0)

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