CVE-2026-5265
Description
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.
How to fix
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11694
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11695
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11696
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11698
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11700
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11701
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11702
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22110
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22111
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| enterprise_linux 10 | No range specified | — |
| enterprise_linux 8 | No range specified | — |
| enterprise_linux 9 | No range specified | — |
| enterprise_linux 7 | No range specified | — |
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