# CVE-2022-49766: netlink: Bounds-check struct nlmsgerr creation

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netlink: Bounds-check struct nlmsgerr creation In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE doing bounds-check on memcpy(), switch from __nlmsg_put to nlmsg_put(), and explain the bounds check for dealing with the memcpy() across a composite flexible array struct. Avoids this future run-time warning: memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 32) of single field "&errmsg->msg" at net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2447 (size 16)

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aff4eb16f589c3af322a2582044bca365381fcd6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/710d21fdff9a98d621cd4e64167f3ef8af4e2fd1

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