GHSA-5858-6g3v-6hmr · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: af_key: zero aligned...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: af_key: zero aligned sockaddr tail in PF_KEY exports PF_KEY export paths use `pfkey_sockaddr_size()` when reserving sockaddr payload space, so IPv6 addresses occupy 32 bytes on the wire. However, `pfkey_sockaddr_fill()` initializes only the first 28 bytes of `struct sockaddr_in6`, leaving the final 4 aligned bytes uninitialized. Not every PF_KEY message is affected. The state and policy dump builders already zero the whole message buffer before filling the sockaddr payloads. Keep the fix to the export paths that still append aligned sockaddr payloads with plain `skb_put()`: - `SADB_ACQUIRE` - `SADB_X_NAT_T_NEW_MAPPING` - `SADB_X_MIGRATE` Fix those paths by clearing only the aligned sockaddr tail after `pfkey_sockaddr_fill()`.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-43088 is rated Low Risk (2.4/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.12%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.02% | 0.12% | +0.10% |
| 2 | 2026-05-06 | — | 0.02% | — |
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GHSA-5858-6g3v-6hmr · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: af_key: zero aligned...
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
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debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2026-43088 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43088 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43088 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43088/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2026-43088 medium priority: Ubuntu including 161 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1449 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1047, ignored 173, needed 130, released 84, not-affected 10, needs-triage 5. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-43088 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
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| No affected products in dataset. | |||