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CVE-2026-98097

tipc: Dont send random pad bytes in RESET/ACTIVATE messages

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Last modified
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Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: Dont send random pad bytes in RESET/ACTIVATE messages The interface name is passed in a fixed length (TIPC_MAX_IF_NAME) buffer. Replace the strcpy(data, l->if_name) with memcpy() so that the pad bytes are actually written (l->if_name[] is zero padded) rather than sending random bytes from the skb to the remote system. Replace two other strcpy() with strscpy().

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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 · fixed in 3dbb628cfc592a4148d8136dcda1f706cdcad4f3; From e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 · fixed in 48033a89356b8ae21a94db70c79bb6fcc91a23c2; From e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 · fixed in 4ab2977323d5f068a872126f7818d1aeb9e9ca0d; From e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 · fixed in bee1459e57f2e0bd240c62f35c0a284291e27971; From e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 · fixed in 81c600c26302a27852ed8b19c5f2f647ea3555c9

  • Linux Linux

    4.6

  • KernelLinux

    From 4.6.0 · fixed in 6.6.160; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.111; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.53; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.2.7

References 5

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