CVE-2026-10638

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In icmpv6_handle_echo_request() and net_icmpv6_send_error(), the post-send statistics update calls net_pkt_iface(reply)/net_pkt_iface(pkt) on the just-sent packet.\n\nThe send path (net_try_send_data -> net_if_tx) unreferences and may free the packet back to its memory slab before returning \u2014 synchronously in the RX thread when no TX queue is configured (CONFIG_NET_TC_TX_COUNT == 0), and asynchronously the driver/L2 may already have freed it otherwise. net_pkt_iface() therefore dereferences a freed (and possibly reused) net_pkt; with CONFIG_NET_STATISTICS_PER_INTERFACE the stale iface pointer is further dereferenced and written through (iface->stats.icmp.sent++), turning the use-after-free read into a write through an attacker-influenceable pointer.\n\nThe core stack already documents this hazard in net_core.c (\"do not use pkt after that call\") and caches iface before sending; the ICMPv6 callers did not.\n\nAn unauthenticated remote attacker triggers the flaw simply by sending an ICMPv6 Echo Request (ping) or an IPv6 packet that elicits an ICMPv6 error (unknown next header, fragment reassembly timeout, destination unreachable), leading to denial of service via crash and potential memory corruption. Affected: Zephyr networking with CONFIG_NET_NATIVE_IPV6, roughly v4.2.0 through v4.4.0.\n\nThe fix caches the interface pointer before sending and uses it for all statistics updates; the sibling commit 86e21665d46 fixes the identical bug in ICMPv4."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "subsys/net/ip/icmpv6.c lee la interfaz de red de un net_pkt despu\u00e9s de que ese paquete ha sido entregado a net_try_send_data(). En icmpv6_handle_echo_request() y net_icmpv6_send_error(), la actualizaci\u00f3n de estad\u00edsticas post-env\u00edo llama a net_pkt_iface(reply)/net_pkt_iface(pkt) en el paquete reci\u00e9n enviado. La ruta de env\u00edo (net_try_send_data - net_if_tx) desreferencia y puede liberar el paquete de vuelta a su bloque de memoria antes de regresar - sincr\u00f3nicamente en el hilo RX cuando no hay cola TX configurada (CONFIG_NET_TC_TX_COUNT == 0), y asincr\u00f3nicamente el controlador/L2 puede ya haberlo liberado de otra manera. net_pkt_iface() por lo tanto desreferencia un net_pkt liberado (y posiblemente reutilizado); con CONFIG_NET_STATISTICS_PER_INTERFACE el puntero iface obsoleto es desreferenciado y escrito a trav\u00e9s (iface-stats.icmp.sent++), convirtiendo la lectura de uso despu\u00e9s de liberaci\u00f3n en una escritura a trav\u00e9s de un puntero influenciable por el atacante. La pila central ya documenta este peligro en net_core.c (\u2019no usar pkt despu\u00e9s de esa llamada\u2019) y almacena en cach\u00e9 iface antes de enviar; los llamadores de ICMPv6 no lo hicieron. 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