CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53263

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's 6LoWPAN multicast address compression function contains an off-by-one error. This overwrites the RIID field and leaks uninitialized kernel stack memory over the network.

Risk Assessment

The organization risks leakage of sensitive kernel memory data and potential disruption of 6LoWPAN communication, compromising the integrity and confidentiality of IoT networks.

Recommendation

Immediately apply the Linux kernel patch addressing CVE-2026-53263. Update to a kernel version containing the fix or apply the appropriate backport.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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