UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-72441
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ieee802154: fix kernel-infoleak in dgram_recvmsg() KMSAN reported a kernel-infoleak in mov
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ieee802154: fix kernel-infoleak in dgram_recvmsg()
KMSAN reported a kernel-infoleak in move_addr_to_user():
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user
include/linux/instrumented.h:131 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _inline_copy_to_user
include/linux/uaccess.h:205 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xcc/0x120
lib/usercopy.c:26
instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:131 [inline]
_inline_copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:205 [inline]
_copy_to_user+0xcc/0x120 lib/usercopy.c:26
copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:236 [inline]
move_addr_to_user+0x2e7/0x440 net/socket.c:302
____sys_recvmsg+0x232/0x610 net/socket.c:2925
...
Uninit was stored to memory at:
ieee802154_addr_to_sa include/net/ieee802154_netdev.h:369 [inline]
dgram_recvmsg+0xa09/0xbe0 net/ieee802154/socket.c:739
The issue occurs because the `pan_id` field of `struct ieee802154_addr`
is left uninitialized when the address mode is `IEEE802154_ADDR_NONE`.
The execution flow is as follows:
1. `__ieee802154_rx_handle_packet()` declares a local `struct
ieee802154_hdr hdr` on the stack.
2. `ieee802154_hdr_pull()` calls `ieee802154_hdr_get_addr()` to parse
the source and destination addresses into this structure.
3. If the address mode is `IEEE802154_ADDR_NONE`,
`ieee802154_hdr_get_addr()` previously only set the `mode` field,
leaving the `pan_id` field containing uninitialized stack memory.
4. This uninitialized `pan_id` is later copied into a `struct
sockaddr_ieee802154` in `dgram_recvmsg()` via `ieee802154_addr_to_sa()`.
5. Finally, `move_addr_to_user()` copies the socket address structure to
user space, leaking the uninitialized bytes.
Fix this by using `memset` to zero out the address structure in
`ieee802154_hdr_get_addr()` when the mode is `IEEE802154_ADDR_NONE`.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09cfe665f2c5d7a8a5ed4d6b487434a011325368
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4db86f8ab11b5a41bfc36680be837e6ac1375ec6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71b5add66c51d6764325de5f2e300bbf4f39e7a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2ee1a038a16e286d084bc293a7522d010a59ec3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c88e687e44cb9c7690f5039a5a5941dba1f6a204
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-08-15 via NVD.
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