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CVE-2026-52937
Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tap: fix stack info leak in tap_ioctl() SIOCGIFHWADDR

In the SIOCGIFHWADDR path, tap_ioctl() copies 16 bytes of an
uninitialised on-stack struct sockaddr_storage to userspace via
ifr_hwaddr, but netif_get_mac_address() only writes sa_family and
dev->addr_len (6 for Ethernet) bytes, leaving sa_data[6..13] uninitialised.

Those 8 trailing bytes leak kernel stack contents; SIOCGIFHWADDR on a
macvtap chardev returns kernel .text and direct-map pointers, defeating
KASLR.

Initialise ss at declaration.

Publication Date June 24, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
Registration Date June 27, 2026, 4:17 a.m.
Last Update June 24, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
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