{"cve":"CVE-2026-53263","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-25T09:16:44.283","modified":"2026-10-15T02:20:07.663","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\n6lowpan: fix off-by-one in multicast context address compression\n\nThe second memcpy in lowpan_iphc_mcast_ctx_addr_compress() uses\n&data[1] as destination and &ipaddr->s6_addr[11] as source, but\nboth should be offset by one: &data[2] and &ipaddr->s6_addr[12]\nrespectively.\n\nThis off-by-one has two consequences:\n1. data[1] is overwritten with s6_addr[11], corrupting the RIID\n   field in the compressed multicast address\n2. data[5] is never written, so uninitialized kernel stack memory\n   is transmitted over the network via lowpan_push_hc_data(),\n   leaking kernel stack contents\n\nThe correct inline data layout must match what the decompression\nfunction lowpan_uncompress_multicast_ctx_daddr() expects:\n  data[0..1] = s6_addr[1..2]  (flags/scope + RIID)\n  data[2..5] = s6_addr[12..15] (group ID)\n\nAlso zero-initialize the data array as a defensive measure against\nsimilar bugs in the future.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-193"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06ce6fc106b16dec9b535950db626261be865e5b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a58899d11009bffc7b4b32a571858f381121837","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4485d79617520d84ba5a14515e2b5136007d6deb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c32f30ef5e66adbfa102348e2e8a23776eb007cb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da8808463882c3f3c357b072e25053c2121f1419"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:41:17.107060303+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-53263","score":0.00117,"percentile":0.01665,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}