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GHSA-W85P-R6CX-8WHC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-25 12:31 – Updated: 2026-09-25 15:31

Details

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

vdpa_sim_net: check TX pull result before RX copy

vringh_iov_pull_iotlb() returns a signed byte count. A failed TX pull is currently added to the unsigned byte counter and then passed as a size_t length to receive_filter() and vringh_iov_push_iotlb(). A negative error can therefore become a large length in the RX path.

Handle non-positive pull results before every length use. Count the TX error and complete the consumed TX descriptor with zero bytes.

I found this bug myself, though the patch was written with AI assistance.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

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CVE-2026-97990 (GCVE-0-2026-97990)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-25 10:23 – Updated: 2026-09-25 14:41

Title

vdpa_sim_net: check TX pull result before RX copy

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa_sim_net: check TX pull result before RX copy vringh_iov_pull_iotlb() returns a signed byte count. A failed TX pull is currently added to the unsigned byte counter and then passed as a size_t length to receive_filter() and vringh_iov_push_iotlb(). A negative error can therefore become a large length in the RX path. Handle non-positive pull results before every length use. Count the TX error and complete the consumed TX descriptor with zero bytes. I found this bug myself, though the patch was written with AI assistance.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c001abcde865b7423…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3af20238a09ca180d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bbf1c1f69991e287…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d195797a80b77f2e…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: cfe226892913a448e83e7a19db93862baa3cb99c , < c001abcde865b74231da8f1412c3217dbf66781e (git) Affected: cfe226892913a448e83e7a19db93862baa3cb99c , < 3af20238a09ca180d66623e3bed16b64e9975f39 (git) Affected: cfe226892913a448e83e7a19db93862baa3cb99c , < 2bbf1c1f69991e28787e02b0a2f826289d5fc730 (git) Affected: cfe226892913a448e83e7a19db93862baa3cb99c , < 0d195797a80b77f2ec56718cd26d3ee65d0093e8 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.19 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.19 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.111 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.53 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.7 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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