CVE-2026-45930
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised Syed Faraz Abrar (@farazsth98) from Zellic, and Pumpkin (@u1f383) from DEVCORE Research Team working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative report that a RTM_GETNEIGH will return uninitalised data in the pad bytes of the ndmsg data. Ensure we're initialising the netlink data to zero, in the link, addr and neigh response messages.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.1% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Undergoing Analysis
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.210
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.176
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.143
- Linux Kernel < 6.12.93
- Linux Kernel < 6.18.35
- Linux Kernel < 6.19.4
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54ed418de62a148a655262da682a050fa05f7924
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb6a97c86abb8592158088afaea0eb464cf9de1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/963537a26fd892f7e414a091f807b44aeee97a7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/976612471a9e6ead6ceffc241e4d0a1aac90b36a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6a9bc544b675d8b5180f2718ec985ad267b5cbf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b37da3ac099e145bcd3be82c745a8d335772e3af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4f840437e7641764de15f2de951ac8335d641f1
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54ed418de62a148a655262da682a050fa05f7924
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb6a97c86abb8592158088afaea0eb464cf9de1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/963537a26fd892f7e414a091f807b44aeee97a7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/976612471a9e6ead6ceffc241e4d0a1aac90b36a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6a9bc544b675d8b5180f2718ec985ad267b5cbf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b37da3ac099e145bcd3be82c745a8d335772e3af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4f840437e7641764de15f2de951ac8335d641f1