In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak In tcf_connmark_dump(), the variable 'opt' was partially initialized using a designatied initializer. While the padding bytes are reamined uninitialized. nla_put() copies the entire structure into a netlink message, these uninitialized bytes leaked to userspace. Initialize the structure with memset before assigning its fields to ensure all members and padding are cleared prior to beign copied.
History

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak In tcf_connmark_dump(), the variable 'opt' was partially initialized using a designatied initializer. While the padding bytes are reamined uninitialized. nla_put() copies the entire structure into a netlink message, these uninitialized bytes leaked to userspace. Initialize the structure with memset before assigning its fields to ensure all members and padding are cleared prior to beign copied.
Title net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-06T21:51:03.010Z

Updated: 2025-12-06T21:51:03.010Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.184Z

Link: CVE-2025-40279

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-06T22:15:55.843

Modified: 2025-12-06T22:15:55.843

Link: CVE-2025-40279

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