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          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "packageName": "zephyr",
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          "programFiles": [
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          "vendor": "zephyrproject",
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              "version": "1.12.0",
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          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "nodes": [
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:zephyrproject:zephyr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "subsys/net/ip/ipv6_mld.c:mld_send() read the packet interface via net_pkt_iface(pkt) after net_send_data(pkt) returned successfully. Per the network stack\u0027s ownership contract (include/zephyr/net/net_core.h, and the explicit warning in subsys/net/ip/net_core.c:453-460 \u0027do not use pkt after that call\u0027), a successful send transfers ownership of the net_pkt and the L2 driver frees it (e.g. ethernet_send() unrefs the packet on success, subsys/net/l2/ethernet/ethernet.c:790), returning it to its k_mem_slab.\n\nThe subsequent net_pkt_iface(pkt) is therefore a read of a freed object; the recovered interface pointer is then dereferenced and incremented by the per-interface statistics path (net_stats.h UPDATE_STAT/SET_STAT) when CONFIG_NET_STATISTICS_PER_INTERFACE is enabled. If the freed slot is concurrently reallocated, pkt-\u003eiface may read back as NULL (NULL-pointer dereference / crash) or as a stale/garbage pointer (stray increment write / memory corruption).\n\nThe path is reachable remotely on the local link without authentication: handle_mld_query() (registered for NET_ICMPV6_MLD_QUERY) responds to a valid MLDv2 General Query (unspecified multicast address, hop limit 1) by calling send_mld_report() -\u003e mld_send().\n\nThe result is a remotely triggerable denial of service of the networking stack, with a narrow possibility of memory corruption. The fix caches the interface in a local before sending and no longer touches the packet after net_send_data(). The IPv4/IGMP sibling (igmp_send) already used the corrected pattern."
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  "id": "CVE-2026-10637",
  "lastModified": "2026-07-14T19:16:47.167",
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          "baseScore": 5.9,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H",
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      "source": "vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org",
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      "url": "https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/3159c53e8e7d233c2a85a0798cf25ac441db6dae"
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