CVE-2026-5265

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductEnterprise Linux 10
PublishedApr 24, 2026
First seenApr 24, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-130CWE-130

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
enterprise_linux 10No range specified—
enterprise_linux 8No range specified—
enterprise_linux 9No range specified—
enterprise_linux 7No range specified—

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