5.5

CVE-2026-46207

vsock/virtio: fix empty payload in tap skb for non-linear buffers

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

vsock/virtio: fix empty payload in tap skb for non-linear buffers

For non-linear skbs, virtio_transport_build_skb() goes through
virtio_transport_copy_nonlinear_skb() to copy the original payload
in the new skb to be delivered to the vsockmon tap device.
This manually initializes an iov_iter but does not set iov_iter.count.
Since the iov_iter is zero-initialized, the copy length is zero and no
payload is actually copied to the monitor interface, leaving data
un-initialized.

Fix this by removing the linear vs non-linear split and using
skb_copy_datagram_iter() with iov_iter_kvec() for all cases, as
vhost-vsock already does. This handles both linear and non-linear skbs,
properly initializes the iov_iter, and removes the now unused
virtio_transport_copy_nonlinear_skb().

While touching this code, let's also check the return value of
skb_copy_datagram_iter(), even though it's unlikely to fail.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.90
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.32
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 7.0.9
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc3
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.13% 0.027
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06747f52ab157591cec7e5623a759473b66ef6f6
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52da6a74ca3de0fcda60301096b71534b3b18641
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/378b131a25bd1a5ee27ca199fe486c299d5350c5
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a3e3d90cbc79600544536723911657730759af3
Patch