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GHSA-88QJ-MCXJ-4MFV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-19 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-20 15:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ethtool: coalesce: cap profile updates at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES

ethnl_update_profile() walks the ETHTOOL_A_PROFILE_IRQ_MODERATION nest list with an index 'i' and writes new_profile[i++] without bounding i. The destination is kmemdup()'d at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES entries (5), but the Netlink nest count is entirely user-controlled. Netlink policies do not have support for constraining the number of nested entries (or number of multi-attr entries).

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-63987 (GCVE-0-2026-63987)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 14:56 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:37

Title

ethtool: coalesce: cap profile updates at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: coalesce: cap profile updates at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES ethnl_update_profile() walks the ETHTOOL_A_PROFILE_IRQ_MODERATION nest list with an index 'i' and writes new_profile[i++] without bounding i. The destination is kmemdup()'d at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES entries (5), but the Netlink nest count is entirely user-controlled. Netlink policies do not have support for constraining the number of nested entries (or number of multi-attr entries).

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4c9cc7c47781c6f4…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c02c190bcd982247…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6205f7166d2dd14a0…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7281b096b072f6c6e…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: f750dfe825b904164688adeb147950e0e0c4d262 , < d4c9cc7c47781c6f4fa29d80a1193a8bcd1525bc (git) Affected: f750dfe825b904164688adeb147950e0e0c4d262 , < 0c02c190bcd9822477038ff2cee10ea584ac1b1d (git) Affected: f750dfe825b904164688adeb147950e0e0c4d262 , < 6205f7166d2dd14a017a5802c81e5bd1421a8635 (git) Affected: f750dfe825b904164688adeb147950e0e0c4d262 , < 7281b096b072f6c6e30420e3467d738f2e4c4b57 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.11 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.11 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.93 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.35 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.12 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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