{"id":"CVE-2026-19673","revision":"163bc0f0ad314778bd61886d9f0769b0","records":[{"revision":"163bc0f0ad314778bd61886d9f0769b0","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-19673","aliases":[],"title":"Out-of-bounds read and net_buf length underflow in Zephyr Ethernet L2 when parsing a truncated VLAN header","description":"ethernet_recv() in subsys/net/l2/ethernet/ethernet.c validates only that the first net_buf of a received frame holds a plain 14-byte struct net_eth_hdr. When the ethertype is 0x8100 and VLAN is enabled on the interface, the same buffer is reinterpreted as the 18-byte struct net_eth_vlan_hdr without re-checking the length: the VLAN TCI and the inner ethertype are read from offsets 14..17, past pkt->buffer->len, and hdr_len is raised to 18 so the subsequent net_buf_pull() removes more bytes than the buffer holds.\n\nA single unauthenticated frame of 14 to 17 bytes carrying the VLAN ethertype triggers this. No knowledge of the node's VLAN configuration is needed: net_eth_get_vlan_iface() returns the base interface for the priority tag 0, and a broadcast destination address satisfies the \"frame is for me\" test, so a 16-byte broadcast frame with ethertype 0x8100 and TCI 0x0000 reaches the pull. Nothing in the receive path enforces the 60-byte Ethernet minimum — the USB CDC ECM and CDC NCM gadget classes in particular hand host-supplied frames of any non-zero length straight to net_recv_data().\n\nWith assertions enabled, net_buf_simple_pull() asserts and the node panics. In a production build (assertions and CONFIG_NET_BUF_HARDENING off) the uint16_t buffer length underflows to 65534 and buf->data is advanced past the end of the fragment's storage, so every later parser reads far outside the buffer and any net_buf_add() on that fragment computes tailroom from the underflowed length. The result is a reliable remote denial of service and out-of-bounds access with information-disclosure and corruption potential.\n\nOnly configurations built with CONFIG_NET_VLAN=y that have a VLAN enabled on the receiving Ethernet interface, and whose MAC does not strip VLAN tags in hardware (ETHERNET_HW_VLAN_TAG_STRIP), are affected. The fix rejects the frame before the tag is read, so hdr_len is thereafter either 14 or 18 with both sizes validated against pkt->buffer->len.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-10-14T16:45:57.967+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-16T15:31:46.383+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr","name":"zephyr","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"vendor\": \"zephyrproject\",\n                    \"product\": \"zephyr\",\n                    \"collectionURL\": \"https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr\",\n                    \"packageName\": \"zephyr\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"subsys/net/l2/ethernet/ethernet.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"programRoutines\": [\n                        {\n                            \"name\": \"ethernet_recv\"\n                        }\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"1.12.0\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"4.5.0\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH"}],"references":["https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/fd3c6fedf6b639977a80e52b680b15672c31f3ef","https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-79rf-rwff-f4vg"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-19673","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-19673","identifiers":["CVE-2026-19673"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}