Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tun: zero the whole vnet header in tun_put_user()
tun_put_user() declares an on-stack struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash_tunnel without zeroing it. For a non-tunnel skb, virtio_net_hdr_tnl_from_skb() only initializes the first 10 bytes (sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr)), leaving bytes 10..23 (num_buffers and the hash/tunnel fields) as stack garbage.
An unprivileged user can set the vnet header size to 24 with TUNSETVNETHDRSZ, so __tun_vnet_hdr_put() copies all 24 bytes of the partially-initialized struct to userspace, leaking 14 bytes of kernel stack on every read of a non-tunnel packet.
Fix it the same way tun_get_user() already does by zeroing the whole header right after declaration.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 288f30435132d2f9e7a29ec9b9745a4f9dc7fd37, < 5fd1fa5a4254bfdd70571c77f5e3bcb4e43738d5; >= 288f30435132d2f9e7a29ec9b9745a4f9dc7fd37, < 585cb85e9a29185be05f326369573c2663cf4380; >= 288f30435132d2f9e7a29ec9b9745a4f9dc7fd37, < 7f2fcff15e99bb852f6967396ed12b38376e2c8d |
| Linux | Linux | 6.17 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 24, 2026
- Last modified
- Jul 8, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed