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CVE-2026-23386
published 2026-03-25

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…

PriorityP422medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.12%
2.3th percentile
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: 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.

Affected

42 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.19.8-1 (forky)linux 6.19.8-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= a6fb8d5a8b6925f1e635818d3dd2d89531d4a058 < 71511dae56a75ce161aa746741e5c498feaea39371511dae56a75ce161aa746741e5c498feaea393
linuxlinux>= a6fb8d5a8b6925f1e635818d3dd2d89531d4a058 < c171f90f58974c784db25e0606051541cb71b7f0c171f90f58974c784db25e0606051541cb71b7f0
linuxlinux>= a6fb8d5a8b6925f1e635818d3dd2d89531d4a058 < 07e0c80e17ef781799e7cd5c41a7bf44f1bf6a5f07e0c80e17ef781799e7cd5c41a7bf44f1bf6a5f
linuxlinux>= a6fb8d5a8b6925f1e635818d3dd2d89531d4a058 < 3744ebd8ffaa542ae8110fb449adcac0202f4cc83744ebd8ffaa542ae8110fb449adcac0202f4cc8
linuxlinux>= a6fb8d5a8b6925f1e635818d3dd2d89531d4a058 < fb868db5f4bccd7a78219313ab2917429f715ceafb868db5f4bccd7a78219313ab2917429f715cea
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.19.8-16.19.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.176.18.17
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.18.176.18.17
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19 < 6.19.76.19.7
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19.0 < 6.19.76.19.7
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.6.0 < 6.6.1306.6.130
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.6.1 < 6.6.1306.6.130
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.786.12.78
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.0 < 6.12.786.12.78
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.126.1-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
ubuntulinux
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-azure
ubuntulinux-azure-6.8
ubuntulinux-azure-fde
ubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.8

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vendor_msrc7.1HIGH
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu2.0LOW
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