Bug 2426810 (CVE-2025-67269) - CVE-2025-67269 gpsd: gpsd: Denial of Service due to malformed NAVCOM packet parsing
Summary: CVE-2025-67269 gpsd: gpsd: Denial of Service due to malformed NAVCOM packet p...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-67269
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2426826 2426827 2426828
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-01-02 16:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-24 14:00 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:0770 0 None None None 2026-01-19 05:52:35 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:0771 0 None None None 2026-01-19 06:16:26 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-01-02 16:02:10 UTC
An integer underflow vulnerability exists in the `nextstate()` function in `gpsd/packet.c` of gpsd versions prior to commit `ffa1d6f40bca0b035fc7f5e563160ebb67199da7`. When parsing a NAVCOM packet, the payload length is calculated using `lexer->length = (size_t)c - 4` without checking if the input byte `c` is less than 4. This results in an unsigned integer underflow, setting `lexer->length` to a very large value (near `SIZE_MAX`). The parser then enters a loop attempting to consume this massive number of bytes, causing 100% CPU utilization and a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-19 05:52:35 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:0770 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0770

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-19 06:16:25 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:0771 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0771


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