CVE-2026-53263

6lowpan: fix off-by-one in multicast context address compression

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 25, 2026 at 08:39 AM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 02:20 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.6 ≤ v < 5.10.2595.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2105.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1766.13 ≤ v < 6.18.366.19 ≤ v < 7.0.136.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1436.7 ≤ v < 6.12.945609c185f24dffca5f6a9c127106869da150be037.17.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc37.1 rc47.1 rc57.1 rc6
Vendor states this is fixed in 06ce6fc106b16dec9b535950db626261be865e5b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2a58899d11009bffc7b4b32a571858f381121837 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4485d79617520d84ba5a14515e2b5136007d6deb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c32f30ef5e66adbfa102348e2e8a23776eb007cb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in da8808463882c3f3c357b072e25053c2121f1419 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in da8cbb64b47e9066b40af0de170901caf17b768c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dcb1bec1c32ee5c3878354e087cf5dbee2b7c7af (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f24a58c72a45f4c109f3557a760cc4b60b7a6037 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.259 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.210 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.176 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.94 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.36 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.143 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-193

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