{"cve":"CVE-2022-49865","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-01T15:16:11.420","modified":"2026-06-17T05:19:20.800","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: addrlabel: fix infoleak when sending struct ifaddrlblmsg to network\n\nWhen copying a `struct ifaddrlblmsg` to the network, __ifal_reserved\nremained uninitialized, resulting in a 1-byte infoleak:\n\n  BUG: KMSAN: kernel-network-infoleak in __netdev_start_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:4841\n   __netdev_start_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:4841\n   netdev_start_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:4857\n   xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3590\n   dev_hard_start_xmit+0x1dc/0x800 net/core/dev.c:3606\n   __dev_queue_xmit+0x17e8/0x4350 net/core/dev.c:4256\n   dev_queue_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:3009\n   __netlink_deliver_tap_skb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:307\n   __netlink_deliver_tap+0x728/0xad0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:325\n   netlink_deliver_tap net/netlink/af_netlink.c:338\n   __netlink_sendskb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1263\n   netlink_sendskb+0x1d9/0x200 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1272\n   netlink_unicast+0x56d/0xf50 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1360\n   nlmsg_unicast ./include/net/netlink.h:1061\n   rtnl_unicast+0x5a/0x80 net/core/rtnetlink.c:758\n   ip6addrlbl_get+0xfad/0x10f0 net/ipv6/addrlabel.c:628\n   rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0xb33/0x1570 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6082\n  ...\n  Uninit was created at:\n   slab_post_alloc_hook+0x118/0xb00 mm/slab.h:742\n   slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3398\n   __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x4f2/0x930 mm/slub.c:3437\n   __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:954\n   __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x117/0x3d0 mm/slab_common.c:975\n   kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:437\n   __alloc_skb+0x27a/0xab0 net/core/skbuff.c:509\n   alloc_skb ./include/linux/skbuff.h:1267\n   nlmsg_new ./include/net/netlink.h:964\n   ip6addrlbl_get+0x490/0x10f0 net/ipv6/addrlabel.c:608\n   rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0xb33/0x1570 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6082\n   netlink_rcv_skb+0x299/0x550 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2540\n   rtnetlink_rcv+0x26/0x30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6109\n   netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319\n   netlink_unicast+0x9ab/0xf50 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345\n   netlink_sendmsg+0xebc/0x10f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921\n  ...\n\nThis patch ensures that the reserved field is always initialized.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-909"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f85b7ae7c4b5d7b4bbf7ac653a733c181a8a2bf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2acb2779b147decd300c117683d5a32ce61c75d6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49e92ba5ecd7d72ba369dde2ccff738edd028a47","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/568a47ff756f913e8b374c2af9d22cd2c772c744","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58cd7fdc8c1e6c7873acc08f190069fed88d1c12"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49865","score":0.00223,"percentile":0.13002,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}