Security Advisory

CVE-2026-31664

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-04-24 14:45:13
Last updated 2026-05-11 22:13:11
Assigner Linux
State PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: clear trailing padding in build_polexpire() build_expire() clears the trailing padding bytes of struct xfrm_user_expire after setting the hard field via memset_after(), but the analogous function build_polexpire() does not do this for struct xfrm_user_polexpire. The padding bytes after the __u8 hard field are left uninitialized from the heap allocation, and are then sent to userspace via netlink multicast to XFRMNLGRP_EXPIRE listeners, leaking kernel heap memory contents. Add the missing memset_after() call, matching build_expire().