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CVE-2026-5265

When generating an ICMP Destination Unreachable or Packet Too Big response, the handler copies a portion of the original

When generating an ICMP Destination Unreachable or Packet Too Big response, the handler copies a portion of the original packet into the ICMP error body using the IP header's self-declared total length (ip_tot_len for IPv4, ip6_plen for IPv6) without validating it against the actual packet buffer size. A VM can send a short packet with an inflated IP length field that triggers an ICMP error (e.g., by hitting a reject ACL), causing ovn-controller to read heap memory beyond the valid packet data and include it in the ICMP response sent back to the VM.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.0004
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6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD24 Apr 2026 · 01:16 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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rhsaRHSA-2026:11702Important
rhsaRHSA-2026:11701Important
rhsaRHSA-2026:11698Important
rhsaRHSA-2026:11700Important
rhsaRHSA-2026:11694Important
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