CVE-2026-46182

pseries/papr-hvpipe: Prevent kernel stack memory leak to userspace

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 28, 2026 at 09:36 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pseries/papr-hvpipe: Prevent kernel stack memory leak to userspace The hdr variable is allocated on the stack and only hdr.version and hdr.flags are initialized explicitly. Because the struct papr_hvpipe_hdr contains reserved padding bytes (reserved[3] and reserved2[40]), these could leak the uninitialized bytes to userspace after copy_to_user(). This patch fixes that by initializing the whole struct to 0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.18 ≤ v < 6.18.306.18 ≤ v < 7.0.76.18 ≤ v < 7.16.19 ≤ v < 7.0.77.1 rc17.1 rc2cebdb522fd3edd1fe05f7b4a74a27da7dd0f8d86
Vendor states this is fixed in 0479b6e9f999cc1cbad7d9f09f574fc387e605d5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cefeed44296261173a806bef988b26bc565da4be (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f88f8e4485b437e0a2f96a7ff1f88aa22d925659 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.30 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-401

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