Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-52985

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - netdevsim: zero initialize struct iphdr in dummy skbuff Syzbot reports a KMSAN uninit-value originating from nsimdevtrapskbbuild, with the allocation also being...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52985

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: zero initialize struct iphdr in dummy skbuff Syzbot reports a KMSAN uninit-value originating from nsimdevtrapskbbuild, with the allocation also being performed in the same function. Fix this by calling skbputzero inste...

CVE-2026-52985

CVE-2026-52985 concerns the Linux kernel in the netdevsim feature, where the IP header in a dummy skb was not zero-initialized in nsim_dev_trap_skb_build. The issue arises from using skb_put instead of skb_put_zero, leading to uninitialized values in the IP header and potential memory/safety impl...