GHSA-PHQ6-Q8J5-J858

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-19 15:30 – Updated: 2026-07-20 15:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ieee802154: 6lowpan: only accept IPv6 packets in lowpan_xmit()

The aoe driver (or similar) generates a non-IPv6 packet (e.g., ETH_P_AOE) and queues it for transmission via dev_queue_xmit() on a 6LoWPAN interface (configured by the user or test case).

Since the packet is not IPv6, the 6LoWPAN header_ops->create function (lowpan_header_create or header_create) returns early without initializing the lowpan_addr_info structure in the skb headroom.

In the transmit function (lowpan_xmit), the driver calls lowpan_header (or setup_header) which unconditionally copies and uses the lowpan_addr_info from the headroom, which contains uninitialized data.

Fix this by dropping non IPv6 packets.

A similar fix is needed in net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c bt_xmit().

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "aliases": [
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nieee802154: 6lowpan: only accept IPv6 packets in lowpan_xmit()\n\nThe aoe driver (or similar) generates a non-IPv6 packet\n(e.g., ETH_P_AOE) and queues it for transmission via dev_queue_xmit()\non a 6LoWPAN interface (configured by the user or test case).\n\nSince the packet is not IPv6, the 6LoWPAN header_ops-\u003ecreate function\n(lowpan_header_create or header_create) returns early without initializing\nthe lowpan_addr_info structure in the skb headroom.\n\nIn the transmit function (lowpan_xmit), the driver calls lowpan_header\n(or setup_header) which unconditionally copies and uses the lowpan_addr_info\nfrom the headroom, which contains uninitialized data.\n\nFix this by dropping non IPv6 packets.\n\nA similar fix is needed in net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c bt_xmit().",
  "id": "GHSA-phq6-q8j5-j858",
  "modified": "2026-07-20T15:31:49Z",
  "published": "2026-07-19T15:30:28Z",
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