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CVE-2026-63870

7.8 high SSVC exploitation: none Analyzed

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().

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 6

  1. CwesCWE-119 → CWE-908, CWE-119NVD modified 2026-10-26 16:42
  2. Cpes+7 CPE criteria (now 7)NVD modified 2026-10-26 16:42
  3. StatusPublished → AnalyzedNVD modified 2026-10-26 16:42
  4. StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 20:17
  5. CwesCWE-119NVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
  6. First seenCVSS 7.8NVD modified 2026-10-16 16:18

Affected (CPE criteria) 7

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 8