CVE-2025-40279
net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 6, 2025
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 16, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak
In tcf_connmark_dump(), the variable 'opt' was partially initialized using a designatied initializer. While the padding bytes are reamined uninitialized. nla_put() copies the entire structure into a netlink message, these uninitialized bytes leaked to userspace.
Initialize the structure with memset before assigning its fields to ensure all members and padding are cleared prior to beign copied.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/218b67c8c8246d47a2a7910eae80abe4861fe2b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73cc56c608c209d3d666cc571293b090a471da70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31e4aa93e2e5b5647fc235b0f6ee329646878f9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51cb05d4fd632596816ba44e882e84db9fb28a7e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25837889ec062f2b7618142cd80253dff3da5343
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62b656e43eaeae445a39cd8021a4f47065af4389
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