CVE-2026-23386
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: fix incorrect buffer cleanup in gve_tx_clean_pending_packets for QPL In DQ-QPL mode, gve_tx_clean_pending_packets() incorrectly uses the RDA buffer cleanup path. It iterates num_bufs times and attempts to unmap entries in the dma array. This leads to two issues: 1. The dma array shares storage with tx_qpl_buf_ids (union). Interpreting buffer IDs as DMA addresses results in attempting to unmap incorrect memory locations. 2. num_bufs in QPL mode (counting 2K chunks) can significantly exceed the size of the dma array, causing out-of-bounds access warnings (trace below is how we noticed this issue). UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/net/ethernet/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_tx_dqo.c:178:5 index 18 is out of range for type 'dma_addr_t[18]' (aka 'unsigned long long[18]') Workqueue: gve gve_service_task [gve] Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x33/0xa0 __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0xdc/0x110 gve_tx_stop_ring_dqo+0x182/0x200 [gve] gve_close+0x1be/0x450 [gve] gve_reset+0x99/0x120 [gve] gve_service_task+0x61/0x100 [gve] process_scheduled_works+0x1e9/0x380 Fix this by properly checking for QPL mode and delegating to gve_free_tx_qpl_bufs() to reclaim the buffers.
EPSS 0.03% · 7.6th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | *, 6.18.17, 6.19.7 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.6, 6.6, 6.6 |
Timeline
- Mar 25, 2026 EPSS Score
- Mar 25, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
- Mar 25, 2026 CVE Published
- Mar 25, 2026 PoC Published
- Mar 29, 2026 Security Advisory
- May 18, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 19, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 23, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 24, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71511dae56a75ce161aa746741e5c498feaea393 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c171f90f58974c784db25e0606051541cb71b7f0 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07e0c80e17ef781799e7cd5c41a7bf44f1bf6a5f url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3744ebd8ffaa542ae8110fb449adcac0202f4cc8 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb868db5f4bccd7a78219313ab2917429f715cea url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23386 advisory
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20261532-1 advisory
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