CVE-2026-45930
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg…
- Risk score
- 49/100
- CVSS
- 5.5 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.1%
- Published
- 27 May 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised Syed Faraz Abrar (@farazsth98) from Zellic, and Pumpkin (@u1f383) from DEVCORE Research Team working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative report that a RTM_GETNEIGH will return uninitalised data in…
- Affected
- Linux kernel
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Story map
At a glance
Linux kernel: Amber, patch this week. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: sr: restore network header before routing and forwarding ipv6_srh_rcv() runs with skb->data at the Segment Routing Header (SRH) while skb_network_header() points at the IPv6 header. When segments_left > 0, ipv6_srh_rcv() previously restored the …
The flaws
- CVE-2026-45930: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg… (CVSS 5.5 · EPSS 0%)
- CVE-2026-98096: Out-of-bounds write (CVSS 7.4 · EPSS 1%)
- CVE-2026-98115: Race condition (CVSS 8.8 · EPSS 0%)
- CVE-2026-98117: Use-after-free (CVSS 7.8 · EPSS 0%)
The fix
Fix: Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
Who is exposed: Linux kernel
Where it stands
- No known exploitation
How it unfolded
- 6 Nov, Ubuntu security notices (official): USN-9002-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities
Connects to
- Same weakness: Out-of-bounds write (CWE-787). 399 other warnings in 30 days
- Same product: Earlier Linux kernel warnings. 156 in the last 90 days
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 5.5 medium
- On your watchlist: linux kernel
- Named in a government or vendor bulletin
Government and vendor bulletins
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-9002-1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54ed418de62a148a655262da682a050fa05f7924
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb6a97c86abb8592158088afaea0eb464cf9de1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/963537a26fd892f7e414a091f807b44aeee97a7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/976612471a9e6ead6ceffc241e4d0a1aac90b36a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6a9bc544b675d8b5180f2718ec985ad267b5cbf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b37da3ac099e145bcd3be82c745a8d335772e3af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4f840437e7641764de15f2de951ac8335d641f1
Original description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised Syed Faraz Abrar (@farazsth98) from Zellic, and Pumpkin (@u1f383) from DEVCORE Research Team working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative report that a RTM_GETNEIGH will return uninitalised data in the pad bytes of the ndmsg data. Ensure we're initialising the netlink data to zero, in the link, addr and neigh response messages.
Last activity 6 Nov 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.