CVE-2026-52940

tun: zero the whole vnet header in tun_put_user()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 24, 2026 at 07:14 AM UTC
Updated: July 8, 2026 at 07:25 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

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.

Affected

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

6.17 ≤ v < 6.18.366.17 ≤ v < 7.0.136.17 ≤ v < 7.16.19 ≤ v < 7.0.13288f30435132d2f9e7a29ec9b9745a4f9dc7fd377.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc37.1 rc47.1 rc57.1 rc67.1 rc7
Vendor states this is fixed in 585cb85e9a29185be05f326369573c2663cf4380 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5fd1fa5a4254bfdd70571c77f5e3bcb4e43738d5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7f2fcff15e99bb852f6967396ed12b38376e2c8d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.36 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.13 (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
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