CVE-2026-43139
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm6: fix uninitialized saddr in xfrm6_get_saddr() xfrm6_get_saddr() does not check the return value of ipv6_dev_get_saddr(). When ipv6_dev_get_saddr() fails to find a suitable source address (returns -EADDRNOTAVAIL), saddr->in6 is left uninitialized, but xfrm6_get_saddr() still returns 0 (success). This causes the caller xfrm_tmpl_resolve_one() to use the uninitialized address in xfrm_state_find(), triggering KMSAN warning: ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in xfrm_state_find+0x2424/0xa940 xfrm_state_find+0x2424/0xa940 xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x906/0x5a20 xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0xcc0/0x3770 xfrm_lookup_route+0x63/0x2b0 ip_route_output_flow+0x1ce/0x270 udp_sendmsg+0x2ce1/0x3400 inet_sendmsg+0x1ef/0x2a0 __sock_sendmsg+0x278/0x3d0 __sys_sendto+0x593/0x720 __x64_sys_sendto+0x130/0x200 x64_sys_call+0x332b/0x3e70 do_syscall_64+0xd3/0xf80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Local variable tmp.i.i created at: xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x3e3/0x5a20 xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0xcc0/0x3770 ===================================================== Fix by checking the return value of ipv6_dev_get_saddr() and propagating the error.
EPSS 0.10% · 28.0th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 0, 6.6.128, 6.12.75 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.19, 2.6.19, 2.6.19 |
Timeline
- May 6, 2026 CVE Published
- May 6, 2026 Security Advisory
- May 8, 2026 CVE Updated
- May 18, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 19, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 23, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 24, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f28141786e1fe884ce42a5197ba9beed540f0ea url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6535867673bf301d52aa00593a4d1d18cc3922fa url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb2ee15290af14c60b45cf2b73f5687d1d077d9b url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/719918fc88df6da023dfff370cd965151a5afd7f url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc0abce055134cb83b0d981d31ceb20dda419787 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7221e7bd8fc2ef38a0b27be580d9d202281306b url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dcd1664ac15eee6a690daec7c4ffc59190406f7 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1799d8abeabc68ec05679292aaf6cba93b343c05 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43139 advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00051.html advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00052.html advisory