In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ieee802154: 6lowpan: only accept IPv6 packets in lowpan_xmit()
The aoe driver (or similar) generates a non-IPv6 packet
(e.g., ETH_P_AOE) and queues it for transmission via dev_queue_xmit()
on a 6LoWPAN interface (configured by the user or test case).
Since the packet is not IPv6, the 6LoWPAN header_ops->create function
(lowpan_header_create or header_create) returns early without initializing
the lowpan_addr_info structure in the skb headroom.
In the transmit function (lowpan_xmit), the driver calls lowpan_header
(or setup_header) which unconditionally copies and uses the lowpan_addr_info
from the headroom, which contains uninitialized data.
Fix this by dropping non IPv6 packets.
A similar fix is needed in net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c bt_xmit().
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Configurations
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History
26 Oct 2026, 16:42
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Linux linux Kernel
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a827b95e62b4cbe851ae7cc9c961cdfa769cca4 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/285b0842f2e01c3edf805f1fd64da11d9b7f6b4c - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3150e6d3223dfc356308125cabf9c34169842d2a - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5f3f7aff18bcc36a57839cf50cf0cc8de707f3 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87172cc8dc49aaf54407a31edffb0232f8cb93ab - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8da95cb6ad7d656c871e776a9c7b77e894d6d89c - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af07fffbd53ddc3ec3c2a4ca914f27899fa89bca - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1819c8defa235c7beda859bc185b1c429a55ecd - Patch | |
| CWE | CWE-908 |
19 Oct 2026, 21:17
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CWE | CWE-119 |
Information
Published : 2026-07-19 15:16
Updated : 2026-10-26 16:42
NVD link : CVE-2026-63870
Mitre link : CVE-2026-63870
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-63870
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
