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xfrm_user: fix info leak in build_mapping()

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm_user: fix info leak in build_mapping() struct xfrm_usersa_id has a one-byte padding hole after the proto field, which ends up never getting set to zero before copying out to userspace. Fix that up by zeroing out the whole structure before setting individual variables.

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CVE-2026-43089

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-43089

Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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CVE-2026-43089

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