CVE-2026-68293
net/mlx5: Fix MCIA register buffer overflow on 32 dword reads
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.14 % · percentile 3 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix MCIA register buffer overflow on 32 dword reads The MCIA register can return up to 32 dwords (128 bytes) when the device advertises the mcia_32dwords capability, but struct mlx5_ifc_mcia_reg_bits only defines dword_0..11, leaving room for just 12 dwords (48 bytes) of data. mlx5_query_mcia() clamps the read size to mlx5_mcia_max_bytes() and then memcpy()s that many bytes out of the register, potentially reading past the end of the 'out' buffer. On kernels built with FORTIFY_SOURCE this is caught as a buffer overflow while reading the module EEPROM via ethtool: detected buffer overflow in memcpy kernel BUG at lib/string_helpers.c:1048! RIP: 0010:fortify_panic+0x13/0x20 Call Trace: mlx5_query_mcia.isra.0+0x200/0x210 [mlx5_core] mlx5_query_module_eeprom_by_page+0x4a/0xa0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_get_module_eeprom_by_page+0xbb/0x120 [mlx5_core] eeprom_prepare_data+0xf3/0x170 ethnl_default_doit+0xf1/0x3b0 Extend the mcia_reg layout to 32 dwords.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8a4acc19dcdc83e1303c29d9535e5c99415a2e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5be4eebd5a3a198dab0adcd550e1cadca79bdfed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87b39a8c875ca744b7de69af0a8ef8874cffccf1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b2a16ddac3357e3f1d528e758b51e2c945d546
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11c057d23465c7a5817a7284c896d19d54c0b616
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-55394
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-68293
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1333 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1255 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1230 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Red Hat · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1202 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1164 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1069 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c < c8a4acc19dcdc83e1303c29d9535e5c99415a2e3 ; affected 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c < 5be4eebd5a3a198dab0adcd550e1cadca79bdfed ; affected 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c < 87b39a8c875ca744b7de69af0a8ef8874cffccf1 ; affected 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c < 88b2a16ddac3357e3f1d528e758b51e2c945d546 ; affected 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c < 11c057d23465c7a5817a7284c896d19d54c0b616 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.18 ; unaffected 0 < 5.18 ; unaffected 6.6.160 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.101 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.42 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 7.1.6 ≤ 7.1.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |