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CVE-2026-31738

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CVSS
5.5 Medium
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Risk score
44.0
Published
2026-05-01
Status
Published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vxlan: validate ND option lengths in vxlan_na_create vxlan_na_create() walks ND options according to option-provided lengths. A malformed option can make the parser advance beyond the computed option span or use a too-short source LLADDR option payload. Validate option lengths against the remaining NS option area before advancing, and only read source LLADDR when the option is large enough for an Ethernet address. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) implementation. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted Neighbor Discovery (ND) options to the `vxlan_na_create` function. This could cause the parser to read beyond the intended memory boundaries or use an incorrectly sized source Link-Layer Address (LLADDR) option payload, potentially leading to memory corruption and system instability or a denial of service.

Weaknesses

CWE-1284

Coverage 8

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