CVE-2026-52985

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's netdevsim module. An uninitialized memory vulnerability exists in the handling of struct iphdr within a dummy skbuff due to the use of skbput instead of skbputzero. This could lead to unpredictable system behavior, including crashes Denial of Service, or...

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...

EUVD-2026-38853

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

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

The CVE-2026-52985 entry affects the Linux kernel’s netdevsim path: a KMSAN uninitialized IP header in a dummy sk_buff was caused by not zero-initializing the allocated skb. The root cause is in nsim_dev_trap_skb_build, where the IP header wasn’t guaranteed zeroed. The patch fixes this by using s...

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 netdevsim: zero initialize struct iphdr in dummy sk_buff

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...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 6.1, Linux 6.12

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: fixed a race condition related to operations on the bpfboundprogs list. The netdevsim driver lacks a protection mechanism for operations on the bpfboundprogs list. When the nsimbpfcreateprog function performs...

PT-2026-51879

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description An issue exists in the netdevsim component where the struct iphdr in a dummy sk buff is not properly initialized. This leads to a KMSAN uninit-value, which occurs when the kernel accesse...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.15

A flaw was discovered in the netdevsim device driver of the Linux kernel, related to the scheduling of events. This issue arises due to improper management of a reference count. This could allow an attacker to create a denial-of-service condition on the system...

Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P Improper Update of Reference Count (CVE-2025-40251)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devlratenodesdestroy The function devlratenodesdestroy is documented to Unset parent for all rate objects. However, it was only calling the driver-specific rateleafparentset or...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: drv: netdevsim: do not call napicomplete from netpoll netdevsim supports netpoll. Make sure we do not call npaiComplete from it, as it may not be scheduled. Breno reported encountering a warning in npaiCompleteDone: WARNING:...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devlratenodesdestroy The function devlratenodesdestroy is documented to “Unset the parent pointer for all rate objects”. However, it only calls the driver-specific rateleafparentset or...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devlink: The region-snapshotlock was not held during snapshot flushing. Netdevsim triggers a segmentation fault when reloading, especially when destroying regions with snapshots pending: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 787 at...

SUSE CVE-2026-23126

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: fix a race issue related to the operation on bpfboundprogs list The netdevsim driver lacks a protection mechanism for operations on the bpfboundprogs list. When the nsimbpfcreateprog performs listaddtail, it is possibl...

CVE-2026-23126

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: fix a race issue related to the operation on bpfboundprogs list The netdevsim driver lacks a protection mechanism for operations on the bpfboundprogs list. When the nsimbpfcreateprog performs listaddtail, it is possibl...

CVE-2026-23126

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: fix a race issue related to the operation on bpfboundprogs list The netdevsim driver lacks a protection mechanism for operations on the bpfboundprogs list. When the nsimbpfcreateprog performs listaddtail, it is possibl...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23126

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: fix a race issue related to the operation on bpfboundprogs list The netdevsim driver lacks a protection mechanism for operations on the bpfboundprogs list. When the nsimbpfcreateprog performs listaddtail, it is possibl...

CVE-2026-23126

CVE-2026-23126 affects the Linux kernel netdevsim driver. It describes a race on the bpf_bound_progs list between nsim_bpf_create_prog() (list_add_tail) and nsim_bpf_destroy_prog() (list_del), which can corrupt the list and trigger a kernel crash (kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c). The proposed rem...

EUVD-2026-5910

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: fix a race issue related to the operation on bpfboundprogs list The netdevsim driver lacks a protection mechanism for operations on the bpfboundprogs list. When the nsimbpfcreateprog performs listaddtail, it is possibl...