HIGH
xfrm6 SrcAddr Uninitialized
CVE-2026-43139
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
KernelScan AI7.5HIGH
01Description
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.
02KernelScan AI Analysis
Risk summary
Network traffic can trigger use of uninitialized memory in IPv6 XFRM source address lookup, potentially causing kernel crashes. The vulnerability affects systems with IPv6 enabled that process IPsec traffic or UDP packets requiring policy lookup.
Vulnerability analysis
The xfrm6_get_saddr() function fails to check the return value of ipv6_dev_get_saddr(), allowing uninitialized memory to be used when source address lookup fails. This occurs during XFRM template resolution for IPv6 IPsec processing. The fix adds proper error checking and propagates the failure as -EHOSTUNREACH. The vulnerability is network-reachable through normal UDP sendmsg operations that trigger IPsec policy lookup, requiring no special privileges.
03Fix Versions
| Branch | Fixed in | Patch commit |
|---|---|---|
| 5.10 | 5.10.252 | 4f28141786e1 |
| 5.15 | 5.15.202 | 6535867673bf |
| 6.1 | 6.1.165 | eb2ee15290af |
| 6.12 | 6.12.75 | dc0abce05513 |
| 6.18 | 6.18.16 | c7221e7bd8fc |
| 6.19 | 6.19.6 | 3dcd1664ac15 |
| 6.6 | 6.6.128 | 719918fc88df |
| mainline | 7.0 | 1799d8abeabc |