linux — security advisory

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  "id": "52942370093ec4c9fe33b4bc20d856c1bb86bba50ba9037a88fb7e043c9fc5a4",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49865",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49865",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: addrlabel: fix infoleak when sending struct ifaddrlblmsg to network When copying a `struct ifaddrlblmsg` to the network, __ifal_reserved remained uninitialized, resulting in a 1-byte infoleak: BUG: KMSAN: kernel-network-infoleak in __netdev_start_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:4841 __netdev_start_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:4841 netdev_start_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:4857 xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3590 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x1dc/0x800 net/core/dev.c:3606 __dev_queue_xmit+0x17e8/0x4350 net/core/dev.c:4256 dev_queue_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:3009 __netlink_deliver_tap_skb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:307 __netlink_deliver_tap+0x728/0xad0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:325 netlink_deliver_tap net/netlink/af_netlink.c:338 __netlink_sendskb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1263 netlink_sendskb+0x1d9/0x200 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1272 netlink_unicast+0x56d/0xf50 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1360 nlmsg_unicast ./include/net/netlink.h:1061 rtnl_unicast+0x5a/0x80 net/core/rtnetlink.c:758 ip6addrlbl_get+0xfad/0x10f0 net/ipv6/addrlabel.c:628 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0xb33/0x1570 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6082 ... Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook+0x118/0xb00 mm/slab.h:742 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3398 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x4f2/0x930 mm/slub.c:3437 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:954 __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x117/0x3d0 mm/slab_common.c:975 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:437 __alloc_skb+0x27a/0xab0 net/cor",
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    "severity": "high",
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          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
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          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
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          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky",
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          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
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        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-15T08:03:12.282557678Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2022-49865"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49865"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-49865",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 325710,
  "published_at": "2025-05-01T15:16:11.42+00:00"
}