Medium severity · published Jun 25, 2026
CVE-2026-53263
6lowpan: fix off-by-one in multicast context address compression
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.6 before 5.10.259; 5.11 before 5.15.210; 5.16 before 6.1.176; 6.2 before 6.6.143; 6.7 before 6.12.94; 6.13 before 6.18.36; +7 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
5609c185f24dffca5f6a9c127106869da150be03 before f24a58c72a45f4c109f3557a760cc4b60b7a6037; 5609c185f24dffca5f6a9c127106869da150be03 before da8cbb64b47e9066b40af0de170901caf17b768c; 5609c185f24dffca5f6a9c127106869da150be03 before 4485d79617520d84ba5a14515e2b5136007d6deb; 5609c185f24dffca5f6a9c127106869da150be03 before 06ce6fc106b16dec9b535950db626261be865e5b; 5609c185f24dffca5f6a9c127106869da150be03 before dcb1bec1c32ee5c3878354e087cf5dbee2b7c7af; 5609c185f24dffca5f6a9c127106869da150be03 before c32f30ef5e66adbfa102348e2e8a23776eb007cb; +3 more · source: vendor