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CVE-2026-43040

Updated on 01 May 2026

Severity

7.1 High severity

Details

CVSS score
7.1
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE ID
Links
NISTCIRCLRHELUbuntu

Overview

About vulnerability

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

net: ipv6: ndisc: fix ndisc_ra_useropt to initialize nduseropt_padX fields to zero to prevent an info-leak

When processing Router Advertisements with user options the kernel builds an RTM_NEWNDUSEROPT netlink message. The nduseroptmsg struct has three padding fields that are never zeroed and can leak kernel data

The fix is simple, just zeroes the padding fields.

Details

Affected product:
AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , CentOS 6 ELS , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , CloudLinux 7 ELS , Debian 10 ELS , Oracle Linux 6 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , RHEL 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
Affected packages:
kernel-uek @ 5.4.17 (+18 more)

Fixes

KernelCare state

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.

Operating system Status Covered kernels
AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU Released
21 kernels
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els20
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els21
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els23
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els22
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els14
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els18
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els16
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els15
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els17
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els19
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els24
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els25
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els26
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els27
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els28
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els29
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els30
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els31
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els32
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els35
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els34
AlmaLinux 9.6 ESU Released
9 kernels
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els1
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els2
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els3
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els4
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els5
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els6
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.1.els7
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els1
  • 5.14.0-570.62.1.el9_6.tuxcare.5.els2
Amazon Linux 2023 Planned —
CentOS 7 ELS Released
30 kernels
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els10
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els4
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els6
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els15
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els5
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els3
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els14
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els16
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els13
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els7
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els12
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els9
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els8
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els17
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els18
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els19
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els20
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els21
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els24
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els22
  • 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els25
  • 3.10.0-1160.139.1.el7.tuxcare.els2
  • 3.10.0-1160.139.1.el7.tuxcare.els3
  • 3.10.0-1160.139.1.el7.tuxcare.els4
  • 3.10.0-1160.142.1.el7.tuxcare.els1
  • 3.10.0-1160.144.1.el7.tuxcare.els1
  • 3.10.0-1160.144.1.el7.tuxcare.els2
  • 3.10.0-1160.144.1.el7.tuxcare.els3
  • 3.10.0-1160.144.1.el7.tuxcare.els4
  • 3.10.0-1160.144.1.el7.tuxcare.els5
Debian 11 Released
37 kernels
  • 5.10.46-5
  • 5.10.70-1
  • 5.10.46-4
  • 5.10.84-1
  • 5.10.92-1
  • 5.10.92-2
  • 5.10.103-1
  • 5.10.106-1
  • 5.10.113-1
  • 5.10.120-1
  • 5.10.127-1
  • 5.10.127-2
  • 5.10.136-1
  • 5.10.140-1
  • 5.10.149-1
  • 5.10.149-2
  • 5.10.158-2
  • 5.10.162-1
  • 5.10.179-1
  • 5.10.179-2
  • 5.10.179-3
  • 5.10.179-5
  • 5.10.191-1
  • 5.10.197-1
  • 5.10.178-3
  • 5.10.205-2
  • 5.10.205-1
  • 5.10.209-2
  • 5.10.216-1
  • 5.10.218-1
  • 5.10.221-1
  • 5.10.223-1
  • 5.10.226-1
  • 5.10.234-1
  • 5.10.237-1
  • 5.10.244-1
  • 5.10.247-1
Debian 11 cloud Released
17 kernels
  • 5.10.113-1
  • 5.10.179-2
  • 5.10.179-3
  • 5.10.179-5
  • 5.10.191-1
  • 5.10.197-1
  • 5.10.205-2
  • 5.10.209-2
  • 5.10.216-1
  • 5.10.218-1
  • 5.10.221-1
  • 5.10.223-1
  • 5.10.226-1
  • 5.10.234-1
  • 5.10.237-1
  • 5.10.244-1
  • 5.10.247-1
Debian 12 Released
35 kernels
  • 6.1.38-1
  • 6.1.38-2
  • 6.1.38-4
  • 6.1.52-1
  • 6.1.55-1
  • 6.1.64-1
  • 6.1.66-1
  • 6.1.69-1
  • 6.1.76-1
  • 6.1.27-1
  • 6.1.67-1
  • 6.1.85-1
  • 6.1.90-1
  • 6.1.94-1
  • 6.1.99-1
  • 6.1.106-3
  • 6.1.112-1
  • 6.1.115-1
  • 6.1.119-1
  • 6.1.123-1
  • 6.1.128-1
  • 6.1.124-1
  • 6.1.129-1
  • 6.1.133-1
  • 6.1.135-1
  • 6.1.137-1
  • 6.1.140-1
  • 6.1.139-1
  • 6.1.147-1
  • 6.1.148-1
  • 6.1.153-1
  • 6.1.158-1
  • 6.1.159-1
  • 6.1.162-1
  • 6.1.164-1
Debian 13 Planned —
Ubuntu 22.04 Planned —
Ubuntu 24.04 Planned —