{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-63987", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-07-19T07:54:57.025Z", "datePublished": "2026-07-19T14:56:08.940Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:37:54.593Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:37:54.593Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nethtool: coalesce: cap profile updates at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES\n\nethnl_update_profile() walks the ETHTOOL_A_PROFILE_IRQ_MODERATION\nnest list with an index 'i' and writes new_profile[i++] without\nbounding i. The destination is kmemdup()'d at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES\nentries (5), but the Netlink nest count is entirely user-controlled.\nNetlink policies do not have support for constraining the number\nof nested entries (or number of multi-attr entries)." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The bug is reached only through the ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_SET generic-netlink ioctl path (ethnl_default_set_doit → ethnl_set_coalesce → ethnl_update_profile), not via remote network packets or physical bus access.\nAC:L - An attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN can send a crafted netlink message with more than five nested ETHTOOL_A_PROFILE_IRQ_MODERATION attributes and deterministically trigger a heap buffer overflow past the five-entry kmemdup buffer.\nPR:L - ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_SET is gated by GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, which requires CAP_NET_ADMIN in the socket's network namespace user namespace; this capability is obtainable by an unprivileged user via user namespaces (unshare -Urn) or containers granted NET_ADMIN (e.g., hostNetwork pods).\nUI:N - Exploitation requires only the attacker's own ethtool netlink SET_COALESCE request with a malformed profile nest; no action by another user or victim is needed.\nS:U - The vulnerability corrupts kernel heap memory within the same kernel security domain; it does not by itself cross a VM, container, or IOMMU boundary to affect a separate security authority.\nC:H - The out-of-bounds writes past the 120-byte (5 × 24-byte dim_cq_moder) kmalloc allocation can corrupt adjacent slab objects, providing a standard heap-corruption primitive that can be leveraged for arbitrary kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - The attacker fully controls the overflowed u16 profile fields (usec, pkts, comps) written beyond the allocation boundary, enabling heap metadata or adjacent-object corruption that can be developed into arbitrary kernel write or code execution.\nA:H - Heap corruption from unbounded profile indexing can cause immediate kernel oops/panic during the write or when the corrupted profile is subsequently used by DIM/virtio-net interrupt moderation paths." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/ethtool/coalesce.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "f750dfe825b904164688adeb147950e0e0c4d262", "lessThan": "d4c9cc7c47781c6f4fa29d80a1193a8bcd1525bc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f750dfe825b904164688adeb147950e0e0c4d262", "lessThan": "0c02c190bcd9822477038ff2cee10ea584ac1b1d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f750dfe825b904164688adeb147950e0e0c4d262", "lessThan": "6205f7166d2dd14a017a5802c81e5bd1421a8635", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f750dfe825b904164688adeb147950e0e0c4d262", "lessThan": "7281b096b072f6c6e30420e3467d738f2e4c4b57", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/ethtool/coalesce.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.11", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.11", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.93", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.35", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.0.12", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.11", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.93" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.11", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.35" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.11", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.12" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.11", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4c9cc7c47781c6f4fa29d80a1193a8bcd1525bc" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c02c190bcd9822477038ff2cee10ea584ac1b1d" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6205f7166d2dd14a017a5802c81e5bd1421a8635" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7281b096b072f6c6e30420e3467d738f2e4c4b57" } ], "title": "ethtool: coalesce: cap profile updates at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }