Bug 2507256 (CVE-2026-64452)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-64452 kernel: 6lowpan: fix NHC entry use-after-free on error path | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's 6LoWPAN (IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks) component. A race condition in the `lowpan_nhc_do_uncompression` function can lead to a use-after-free vulnerability. This occurs when an NHC (Next Header Compression) descriptor is deallocated while another process attempts to access its name in an error handling path. This flaw could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-07-25 10:13:08 UTC
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