CVE-2025-40278
Published: Dec 6, 2025
Modified: Jun 2, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: act_ife: initialize struct tc_ife to fix KMSAN kernel-infoleak Fix a KMSAN kernel-infoleak detected by the syzbot . [net?] KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in __skb_datagram_iter In tcf_ife_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. This change silences the KMSAN report and prevents potential information leaks from the kernel memory. This fix has been tested and validated by syzbot. This patch closes the bug reported at the following syzkaller link and ensures no infoleak.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected ef6980b6becb1afd9d82a4f043749a10ae81bf14 - < 918e063304f945fb93be9bb70cacea07d0b730eaaffected ef6980b6becb1afd9d82a4f043749a10ae81bf14 - < 5e3644ef147bf7140259dfa4cace680c9b26fe8baffected ef6980b6becb1afd9d82a4f043749a10ae81bf14 - < 37f0680887c5aeba9a433fe04b35169010568bb1affected ef6980b6becb1afd9d82a4f043749a10ae81bf14 - < 2191662058443e0bcc28d11694293d8339af6ddeaffected ef6980b6becb1afd9d82a4f043749a10ae81bf14 - < a676a296af65d33725bdf7396803180957dbd92e+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.6unaffected 0 - < 4.6unaffected 5.4.302 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.247 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.197 - <= 5.15.*+5 more versions |
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