CVE-2026-5265 — Ovn: ovn: heap over-read in icmp error response generation
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 se…
Published: 2026-04-24 · CVSS: 6.5 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7