CVE-2026-53263
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
6lowpan: fix off-by-one in multicast context address compression
The second memcpy in lowpan_iphc_mcast_ctx_addr_compress() uses &data[1] as destination and &ipaddr->s6_addr[11] as source, but both should be offset by one: &data[2] and &ipaddr->s6_addr[12] respectively.
This off-by-one has two consequences: 1. data[1] is overwritten with s6_addr[11], corrupting the RIID field in the compressed multicast address 2. data[5] is never written, so uninitialized kernel stack memory is transmitted over the network via lowpan_push_hc_data(), leaking kernel stack contents
The correct inline data layout must match what the decompression function lowpan_uncompress_multicast_ctx_daddr() expects: data[0..1] = s6_addr[1..2] (flags/scope + RIID) data[2..5] = s6_addr[12..15] (group ID)
Also zero-initialize the data array as a defensive measure against similar bugs in the future.
Affected products
28cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.6,<5.10.259
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- osv-coords20 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-bootc-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18-bootc-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-melangepkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 6.18.38-r0+ 19 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r0
- (no CPE)range: >= 4.6.0, < 5.10.259
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.36.1.160000.2.17
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.36.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/06ce6fc106b16dec9b535950db626261be865e5bnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a58899d11009bffc7b4b32a571858f381121837nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4485d79617520d84ba5a14515e2b5136007d6debnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c32f30ef5e66adbfa102348e2e8a23776eb007cbnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/da8808463882c3f3c357b072e25053c2121f1419nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/da8cbb64b47e9066b40af0de170901caf17b768cnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcb1bec1c32ee5c3878354e087cf5dbee2b7c7afnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f24a58c72a45f4c109f3557a760cc4b60b7a6037nvdPatch
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