GHSA-HR53-GF94-W7MP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-06 12:30 – Updated: 2026-05-08 15:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfrm6: fix uninitialized saddr in xfrm6_get_saddr()

xfrm6_get_saddr() does not check the return value of ipv6_dev_get_saddr(). When ipv6_dev_get_saddr() fails to find a suitable source address (returns -EADDRNOTAVAIL), saddr->in6 is left uninitialized, but xfrm6_get_saddr() still returns 0 (success).

This causes the caller xfrm_tmpl_resolve_one() to use the uninitialized address in xfrm_state_find(), triggering KMSAN warning:

===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in xfrm_state_find+0x2424/0xa940 xfrm_state_find+0x2424/0xa940 xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x906/0x5a20 xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0xcc0/0x3770 xfrm_lookup_route+0x63/0x2b0 ip_route_output_flow+0x1ce/0x270 udp_sendmsg+0x2ce1/0x3400 inet_sendmsg+0x1ef/0x2a0 __sock_sendmsg+0x278/0x3d0 __sys_sendto+0x593/0x720 __x64_sys_sendto+0x130/0x200 x64_sys_call+0x332b/0x3e70 do_syscall_64+0xd3/0xf80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Local variable tmp.i.i created at: xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x3e3/0x5a20 xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0xcc0/0x3770 =====================================================

Fix by checking the return value of ipv6_dev_get_saddr() and propagating the error.

Severity ?
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-43139"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-05-06T12:16:31Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfrm6: fix uninitialized saddr in xfrm6_get_saddr()\n\nxfrm6_get_saddr() does not check the return value of\nipv6_dev_get_saddr(). When ipv6_dev_get_saddr() fails to find a suitable\nsource address (returns -EADDRNOTAVAIL), saddr-\u003ein6 is left\nuninitialized, but xfrm6_get_saddr() still returns 0 (success).\n\nThis causes the caller xfrm_tmpl_resolve_one() to use the uninitialized\naddress in xfrm_state_find(), triggering KMSAN warning:\n\n=====================================================\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in xfrm_state_find+0x2424/0xa940\n xfrm_state_find+0x2424/0xa940\n xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x906/0x5a20\n xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0xcc0/0x3770\n xfrm_lookup_route+0x63/0x2b0\n ip_route_output_flow+0x1ce/0x270\n udp_sendmsg+0x2ce1/0x3400\n inet_sendmsg+0x1ef/0x2a0\n __sock_sendmsg+0x278/0x3d0\n __sys_sendto+0x593/0x720\n __x64_sys_sendto+0x130/0x200\n x64_sys_call+0x332b/0x3e70\n do_syscall_64+0xd3/0xf80\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nLocal variable tmp.i.i created at:\n xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x3e3/0x5a20\n xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0xcc0/0x3770\n=====================================================\n\nFix by checking the return value of ipv6_dev_get_saddr() and propagating\nthe error.",
  "id": "GHSA-hr53-gf94-w7mp",
  "modified": "2026-05-08T15:31:16Z",
  "published": "2026-05-06T12:30:30Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43139"
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    {
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}


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