Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 5, 2026· Updated Mar 5, 2026
dns: memory‑safety issue in the DNS name parser
CVE-2026-1678
Description
dns_unpack_name() caches the buffer tailroom once and reuses it while appending DNS labels. As the buffer grows, the cached size becomes incorrect, and the final null terminator can be written past the buffer. With assertions disabled (default), a malicious DNS response can trigger an out-of-bounds write when CONFIG_DNS_RESOLVER is enabled.
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