CVE-2026-45930
Published May 27, 2026
Modified May 27, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised Syed Faraz Abrar (@farazsth98) from Zellic, and Pumpkin (@u1f383) from DEVCORE Research Team working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative report that a RTM_GETNEIGH will return uninitalised data in the pad bytes of the ndmsg data. Ensure we're initialising the netlink data to zero, in the link, addr and neigh response messages.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2026-45930? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: mctp: ensure our nlmsg responses are initialised
Syed Faraz Abrar (@farazsth98) from Zellic, and Pumpkin (@u1f383) from
DEVCORE Research Team working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
report that a RTM_GETNEIGH will return uninitalised data in the pad
bytes of the ndmsg data.
Ensure we're initialising the netlink data to zero, in the link, addr
and neigh response messages.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-45930? +
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