CVE-2026-98755
Received Received - Intake

Stack-Based Information Leak in Linux Kernel tty Subsystem

Publication date: 2026-10-18

Last updated on: 2026-10-18

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: vcc: zero-initialize control packet in vcc_send_ctl() The stack-allocated struct vio_vcc pkt was partially initialized, leaving the tag.stype_env field uninitialized before being sent via ldc_write(), potentially leaking kernel stack data to the LDC peer.

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Published
2026-10-18
Last Modified
2026-10-18
Generated
2026-10-18
EPSS Evaluated
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NVD
CVE-2026-98755
EUVD
EUVD-2026-103840

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Showing 7 associated CPEs
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Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
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CWE-UNKNOWN

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