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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-72441

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 8/15/2026 2:22:17 AM

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Added Description

                  
                
              
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ieee802154: fix kernel-infoleak in dgram_recvmsg()

KMSAN reported a kernel-infoleak in move_addr_to_user():

BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user
include/linux/instrumented.h:131 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _inline_copy_to_user
include/linux/uaccess.h:205 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xcc/0x120
lib/usercopy.c:26
 instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:131 [inline]
 _inline_copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:205 [inline]
 _copy_to_user+0xcc/0x120 lib/usercopy.c:26
 copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:236 [inline]
 move_addr_to_user+0x2e7/0x440 net/socket.c:302
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x232/0x610 net/socket.c:2925
 ...
 Uninit was stored to memory at:
 ieee802154_addr_to_sa include/net/ieee802154_netdev.h:369 [inline]
 dgram_recvmsg+0xa09/0xbe0 net/ieee802154/socket.c:739

The issue occurs because the `pan_id` field of `struct ieee802154_addr`
is left uninitialized when the address mode is `IEEE802154_ADDR_NONE`.
The execution flow is as follows:

1. `__ieee802154_rx_handle_packet()` declares a local `struct
ieee802154_hdr hdr` on the stack.
2. `ieee802154_hdr_pull()` calls `ieee802154_hdr_get_addr()` to parse
the source and destination addresses into this structure.
3. If the address mode is `IEEE802154_ADDR_NONE`,
`ieee802154_hdr_get_addr()` previously only set the `mode` field,
leaving the `pan_id` field containing uninitialized stack memory.
4. This uninitialized `pan_id` is later copied into a `struct
sockaddr_ieee802154` in `dgram_recvmsg()` via `ieee802154_addr_to_sa()`.
5. Finally, `move_addr_to_user()` copies the socket address structure to
user space, leaking the uninitialized bytes.

Fix this by using `memset` to zero out the address structure in
`ieee802154_hdr_get_addr()` when the mode is `IEEE802154_ADDR_NONE`.
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09cfe665f2c5d7a8a5ed4d6b487434a011325368
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4db86f8ab11b5a41bfc36680be837e6ac1375ec6
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71b5add66c51d6764325de5f2e300bbf4f39e7a6
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2ee1a038a16e286d084bc293a7522d010a59ec3
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c88e687e44cb9c7690f5039a5a5941dba1f6a204
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de3bd9809af7555611334cb6a071806744430ef7
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f14802465f5956baafe5f4b4541eb626b06b41f1
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc8766467b53335220b4b594ba15bc8f8cee0c76
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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