CVE-2026-126957 PUBLISHED

ICMPv4 Record Route / Timestamp option: stack OOB read via ptr underflow in icmpv4.c

Assigner: zephyr
Reserved: 12.11.2026 Published: 12.11.2026 Updated: 12.11.2026

An integer underflow in Zephyr's IPv4 option handling allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to read stack memory. When replying to an ICMP Echo Request that carries an IPv4 Record Route or Timestamp option, icmpv4_update_record_route() and icmpv4_update_time_stamp() in subsys/net/ip/icmpv4.c compute the length of the already recorded data as ptr - ptr_offset in uint8_t arithmetic. The attacker-controlled Pointer field is checked against the option length but not against the RFC 791 minimum (4 for Record Route, 5 for Timestamp), so a smaller value wraps the length to up to 252 bytes. net_pkt_write() then reads past the 40-byte opt_data stack buffer and up to 213 bytes of stack memory, which can include stack and heap pointers, are returned in the ICMP Echo Reply. A single packet triggers the leak and the device does not crash, so it can be repeated. Devices built with CONFIG_NET_IPV4_HDR_OPTIONS, which CONFIG_NET_IPV4_IGMP selects, are affected.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor zephyrproject-rtos
Product Zephyr
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 4.4.0 (incl.)

References

Problem Types

  • Out-of-bounds Read CWE
  • Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) CWE
  • Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE