SUSE CVE-2026-52937

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tap: fix stack info leak in tapioctl SIOCGIFHWADDR In the SIOCGIFHWADDR path, tapioctl copies 16 bytes of an uninitialised on-stack struct sockaddrstorage to userspace via ifrhwaddr, but netifgetmacaddress only writes safamily an...

CVE-2026-52937

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tap: fix stack info leak in tapioctl SIOCGIFHWADDR In the SIOCGIFHWADDR path, tapioctl copies 16 bytes of an uninitialised on-stack struct sockaddrstorage to userspace via ifrhwaddr, but netifgetmacaddress only writes safamily an...

CVE-2026-52937

CVE-2026-52937 concerns the Linux kernel where the tap_ioctl() path handling SIOCGIFHWADDR leaks kernel stack contents by copying 16 bytes of an uninitialised sockaddr_storage to userspace. Specifically, netif_get_mac_address() writes only sa_family and dev->addr_len (6 bytes), leaving sa_data...

PT-2026-51730

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux Kernel affected versions not specified Description A stack information leak exists in the tap ioctl function during the SIOCGIFHWADDR path. The function copies 16 bytes of an uninitialized on-stack sockaddr storage structure to userspace...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-52937

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - tap: fix stack info leak in tapioctl SIOCGIFHWADDR In the SIOCGIFHWADDR path, tapioctl copies 16 bytes of an uninitialised on-stack struct sockaddrstorage to...