When generating an ICMP Destination Unreachable or Packet Too Big response, the handler copies a portion of the original packet into the ICMP error body using the IP header's self-declared total length (ip_tot_len for IPv4, ip6_plen for IPv6) without validating it against the actual packet buffer size. A VM can send a short packet with an inflated IP length field that triggers an ICMP error (e.g., by hitting a reject ACL), causing ovn-controller to read heap memory beyond the valid packet data and include it in the ICMP response sent back to the VM.
History

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threat_severity

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description When generating an ICMP Destination Unreachable or Packet Too Big response, the handler copies a portion of the original packet into the ICMP error body using the IP header's self-declared total length (ip_tot_len for IPv4, ip6_plen for IPv6) without validating it against the actual packet buffer size. A VM can send a short packet with an inflated IP length field that triggers an ICMP error (e.g., by hitting a reject ACL), causing ovn-controller to read heap memory beyond the valid packet data and include it in the ICMP response sent back to the VM.
Title Ovn: ovn: heap over-read in icmp error response generation - security issue
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-130
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::fastdatapath
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::fastdatapath
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::fastdatapath
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2026-04-24T12:25:06.808Z

Updated: 2026-04-24T18:21:26.388Z

Reserved: 2026-03-31T17:33:09.225Z

Link: CVE-2026-5265

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-24T13:37:06.533Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-24T13:16:21.770

Modified: 2026-04-24T14:39:28.770

Link: CVE-2026-5265

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-04-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-5265 - Bugzilla