CVE-2026-56116

NameCVE-2026-56116
Descriptiondhcpcd through 10.3.2, fixed in commit 708b4a5, contains a memory leak vulnerability in the IPv6 Router Advertisement route information handling that allows an unauthenticated same-link attacker to cause denial of service by sending crafted Router Advertisements. Attackers can repeatedly send Router Advertisements containing Route Information options with a lifetime of zero, triggering unfreed allocations in routeinfo_findalloc() that cause linear memory exhaustion and eventual daemon crash.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
dhcpcd (PTS)trixie1:10.1.0-11+deb13u2vulnerable
sid, forky1:10.3.2-3vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
dhcpcdsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

Fixed by: https://github.com/NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd/commit/708b4a56bae080a5b18c2e0c4c6fbe103131a2b0

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