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GHSA-MR83-4QJ4-PP44

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-12 00:31 – Updated: 2026-08-14 00:31

Details

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

net: txgbe: fix heap overflow when reading module EEPROM

txgbe_read_eeprom_hostif() always copies round_up(length, 4) bytes into the caller buffer, which ethtool allocates with exactly 'length' bytes. A non-4-aligned length therefore causes an out-of-bounds write. Copy only the remaining bytes on the final dword instead.

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-2026-68440 (GCVE-0-2026-68440)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 00:07 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:05

Title

net: txgbe: fix heap overflow when reading module EEPROM

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: txgbe: fix heap overflow when reading module EEPROM txgbe_read_eeprom_hostif() always copies round_up(length, 4) bytes into the caller buffer, which ethtool allocates with exactly 'length' bytes. A non-4-aligned length therefore causes an out-of-bounds write. Copy only the remaining bytes on the final dword instead.

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

2 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/febcced6958158e7e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a905a71fd43ce8b4…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 9b97b6b5635b3de18debd07a3adcf25198ec8299 , < febcced6958158e7e90a55a8567b3f5c3639c0b9 (git) Affected: 9b97b6b5635b3de18debd07a3adcf25198ec8299 , < 6a905a71fd43ce8b45f05044b11491337f232c9d (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.19 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.19 (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-MR83-4QJ4-PP44

CVE-2026-68440 (GCVE-0-2026-68440)

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