net: drop_monitor: fix info leak in NET_DM_ATTR_PAYLOAD
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: drop_monitor: fix info leak in NET_DM_ATTR_PAYLOAD net_dm_packet_report_fill() and net_dm_hw_packet_report_fill() open code the NET_DM_ATTR_PAYLOAD attribute to avoid zeroing the packet payload before overwriting it with skb_copy_bits(). skb_put() reserves nla_total_size(payload_len), i.e. the header plus the NLA_ALIGN() padding, but only payload_len bytes are copied in. When payload_len is not a multiple of 4 the 1-3 padding bytes are never initialized and are leaked to user space inside the netlink message. KMSAN confirms the leak for the software path when the packet payload length is not 4-byte aligned: BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_iter _copy_to_iter __skb_datagram_iter skb_copy_datagram_iter netlink_recvmsg sock_recvmsg __sys_recvfrom Uninit was created at: kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof __alloc_skb net_dm_packet_work Bytes 173-175 of 176 are uninitialized Use __nla_reserve(), which sets up the attribute header and zeroes the padding, instead of open coding the attribute construction.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.1.6, 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 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| 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 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68288
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gmx4-77qw-24m9
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@3c0bc7dcc5f9257d25c59eeb7ccb4df33dcfc446, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 2 new references · CNA
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d427b152b663cb2b19fcd449d792e17edbe4a938
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c0bc7dcc5f9257d25c59eeb7ccb4df33dcfc446
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05173de42a9923a3eaadebcb0dd5bc83ffba174c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89178ffe5bddc99c057ba2768db1f8d9c5e1408c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fd6975d2aecc36b25ee82b6aef88e62a3527ccb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e9c8baee0329fbefe7c67aea945e2a07f15e98b
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68288 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68288 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gmx4-77qw-24m9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68288 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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