net: psample: fix info leak in PSAMPLE_ATTR_DATA
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: psample: fix info leak in PSAMPLE_ATTR_DATA psample open codes nla_put() presumably to avoid wiping the data with 0s just to override it with packet data. This open coding is missing clearing the pad, however, each netlink attr is padded to 4B and data_len may not be divisible by 4B.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00177 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178 +5Red Hat: 4 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-64553
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mp9v-7pj9-m97x
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d3ea2ccddda442077fc44f11d873209c97ec50b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fe7e6949964aa8ee6305f09db2dc9eede977bb3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2fa322782a2d7d8078f7bb20817e0aa9f7c32e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/befe1ebe7fc2c65c80074bc34ceeb0a721ed3cd2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48930f6c59fd0056c2de46ce52bfe27d9c9e5eb6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6cfb924ad74efce254e99c197d2e3863de70868
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/794a0d8bdbb39e083ed42caccb86d687a9b53570
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aedd02af1f8b0bceb7f42f5a21c41634ca9ed390
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Sources
- CVE-2026-64553 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-64553 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mp9v-7pj9-m97x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-64553 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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