CVE-2026-63995

ethtool: cmis: validate start_cmd_payload_size from module

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Jul 19, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Jul 19, 2026

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Description

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

ethtool: cmis: validate start_cmd_payload_size from module

The CMIS firmware update code reads start_cmd_payload_size from the module's FW Management Features CDB reply and uses it directly as the byte count for memcpy. The destination buffer is 112 bytes (ETHTOOL_CMIS_CDB_LPL_MAX_PL_LENGTH - 8). So a malicious module (or corrupted response) can cause a OOB write later on in cmis_fw_update_start_download().

Let's error out. If modules that expect longer LPL writes actually exist we should revisit.

struct cmis_cdb_start_fw_download_pl's definition has to move, no change there.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • c4f78134d45c9619339c96b4bea380b1d0699788 to before 63112b4515469d00008452d9cfe3fb3bf1aa2df3Affected
  • c4f78134d45c9619339c96b4bea380b1d0699788 to before 0696709e951be54c699664adf546d16e28974d53Affected
  • c4f78134d45c9619339c96b4bea380b1d0699788 to before a46340da00385be7fb16c62425ebc20006f2d5d8Affected
  • c4f78134d45c9619339c96b4bea380b1d0699788 to before 12c2496a71f82f63617971ca9b730dffa05cf58bAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.11Affected
  • before 6.11Not affected
  • 6.12.93 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.35 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.0.12 through 7.0.*Not affected
  • 7.1 and laterNot affected

References

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