Medium 5.5Published Jun 24, 2026

CVE-2026-52937In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tap: fix stack info leak in tap_ioctl() SIOCGIFHWADDR In the SIOCGIFHWADDR path, tap_ioctl() copies 16 bytes of an uninitialised on…

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 09:50 UTC)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tap: fix stack info leak in tap_ioctl() SIOCGIFHWADDR In the SIOCGIFHWADDR path, tap_ioctl() copies 16 bytes of an uninitialised on-stack struct sockaddr_storage to userspace via ifr_hwaddr, but netif_get_mac_address() only writes sa_family and dev->addr_len (6 for Ethernet) bytes, leaving sa_data[6..13] uninitialised. Those 8 trailing bytes leak kernel stack contents; SIOCGIFHWADDR on a macvtap chardev returns kernel .text and direct-map pointers, defeating KASLR. Initialise ss at declaration.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-401
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jul 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.4.103 before 5.5; from 5.10.21 before 5.11; from 5.11.4 before 6.18.34; from 6.19 before 7.0.11; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1	NVD

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05305e832be7b9d65b2b72caacf7d850b3942b2apatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/719007c3492f0f1f9e9cdbed8ac45ba45bb13eebpatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bddc09212c24934643bd44fc794748d2bbb3b6cdpatch

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