Bug 2459196

Summary: CVE-2026-6507 dnsmasq: dnsmasq: Denial of Service due to out-of-bounds write in DHCP BOOTREPLY processing [fedora-all]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Vipul Nair <vinair>
Component: dnsmasqAssignee: Petr Menšík <pemensik>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 43CC: dns-sig, dougsland, michel, pemensik
Target Milestone: ---Keywords: Reopened, Security, SecurityTracking
Target Release: ---Flags: pemensik: needinfo? (vinair)
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["ee7bb86e-224d-401f-ace8-d23bc9444c5f"]}
Fixed In Version: dnsmasq-2.92rel2-9.fc45 dnsmasq-2.92rel2-9.fc44 dnsmasq-2.92rel2-2.fc43 Doc Type: ---
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Bug Blocks: 2459181    

Description Vipul Nair 2026-04-17 12:24:15 UTC
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

Comment 2 Petr Menšík 2026-04-20 09:27:01 UTC
*** Bug 2459195 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-05-12 09:12:59 UTC
FEDORA-2026-e58a6acf77 (dnsmasq-2.92rel2-9.fc45) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 45.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-e58a6acf77

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-05-12 12:06:20 UTC
FEDORA-2026-ac5cceec13 (dnsmasq-2.92rel2-9.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-ac5cceec13

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-05-12 12:07:12 UTC
FEDORA-2026-6384a3cf14 (dnsmasq-2.92rel2-2.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-6384a3cf14

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2026-05-12 12:26:14 UTC
FEDORA-2026-e58a6acf77 (dnsmasq-2.92rel2-9.fc45) has been pushed to the Fedora 45 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Michel Lind 2026-05-13 18:19:44 UTC
reopening since the stable updates have not landed

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2026-05-13 23:30:33 UTC
FEDORA-2026-6384a3cf14 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-6384a3cf14`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-6384a3cf14

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2026-05-13 23:40:48 UTC
FEDORA-2026-ac5cceec13 has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-ac5cceec13`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-ac5cceec13

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2026-05-15 20:57:22 UTC
FEDORA-2026-ac5cceec13 (dnsmasq-2.92rel2-9.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2026-05-20 01:01:48 UTC
FEDORA-2026-6384a3cf14 (dnsmasq-2.92rel2-2.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.