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Linux Kernel ixgbe EUVDEUVD-2026-59464

| CVE-2026-74317 HIGH
2026-08-15 Linux GHSA-22fj-hf7w-2cq4
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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Vendor (Linux) PRIMARY
7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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7.0 HIGH

AC:H reflects concrete hardware prerequisites (Intel E610 and ≥64 CPUs); PR:L retained for CAP_NET_ADMIN requirement typical in container environments.

3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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5.5 MEDIUM
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CVSS VectorVendor: Linux

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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5
Analysis Generated
Aug 17, 2026 - 10:30 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 17, 2026 - 06:22 NVD
7.8 (HIGH)
Patch available
Aug 15, 2026 - 07:20 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 15, 2026 - 05:58 cve.org
HIGH 7.8
CVE Published
Aug 15, 2026 - 05:58 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

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

ixgbe: do not configure xps for XDP queues

netif_set_xps_queue() should not be called for an XDP Tx queue, since such queues are not netdev-exposed. On systems with number of CPUs >=64, on E610 adapter, netdev is configured with maximum number queue pairs being 63 (due to MSI-X assignment), but configuring XDP results in 64 XDP queues.

So, during XDP program load, when netif_set_xps_queue() is called for the last XDP queue, we get a WARNING with a call trace and KASAN report afterwards (if enabled).

[ 2012.699800] WARNING: net/core/dev.c:2854 at __netif_set_xps_queue+0x116a/0x1e40, CPU#36: xdpsock/103668 [...] [ 2012.700029] RIP: 0010:__netif_set_xps_queue+0x116a/0x1e40 [ 2012.700035] Code: b6 34 06 48 89 f8 83 e0 07 83 c0 01 40 38 f0 7c 09 40 84 f6 0f 85 03 0a 00 00 0f b7 44 24 40 66 43 89 44 6a 18 e9 01 fb ff ff <0f> 0b e9 f2 ee ff ff 44 8b 44 24 44 45 85 c0 74 50 4d 85 e4 0f 84 [ 2012.700040] RSP: 0018:ffff8882369aeb28 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 2012.700046] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000000003f RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 2012.700050] RDX: 1ffff1111da3d891 RSI: ffff888120e34250 RDI: ffff8888ed1ec488 [ 2012.700054] RBP: ffff888913281560 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff8888ed1ec000 [ 2012.700058] R10: ffff8888a2e83180 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000007fa8 [ 2012.700061] R13: 000000000000003f R14: ffff888120e34854 R15: ffff8889132817c8 [ 2012.700065] FS: 00007fc8ea9ff740(0000) GS:ffff88884cefe000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 2012.700069] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 2012.700073] CR2: 00007f81c8000020 CR3: 00000002299f8006 CR4: 00000000007726f0 [ 2012.700077] PKRU: 55555554 [ 2012.700080] Call Trace: [ 2012.700084] <TASK> [ 2012.700087] ? ktime_get+0x61/0x150 [ 2012.700097] ? usleep_range_state+0x133/0x1b0 [ 2012.700108] ? __pfx_usleep_range_state+0x10/0x10 [ 2012.700114] netif_set_xps_queue+0x31/0x50 [ 2012.700119] ixgbe_configure_tx_ring+0x472/0x920 [ixgbe] [...] [ 2012.700486] ixgbe_xdp+0x38f/0x750 [ixgbe]

[...]

[ 2012.701094] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in __netif_set_xps_queue+0x1ac5/0x1e40 [ 2012.701100] Write of size 4 at addr ffff88888d43cff8 by task xdpsock/103668

Skip XPS configuration for XDP Tx queues.

AnalysisAI

Linux kernel ixgbe driver on Intel E610 adapters triggers a KASAN slab-out-of-bounds write when an XDP program is loaded on hosts with 64 or more logical CPUs. The root cause is a queue-count mismatch: MSI-X constraints cap the netdev at 63 queue pairs on E610, but XDP allocates 64 queues on ≥64-CPU systems, causing netif_set_xps_queue() to write 4 bytes beyond the allocated slab at queue index 63. …

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Exploitation All three of the following conditions must be simultaneously present: (1) the target system must be running the Intel E610 series NIC with the ixgbe kernel driver loaded and active; (2) the host must have 64 or more logical CPUs - this is the precise threshold at which XDP queue allocation (one per CPU) exceeds the MSI-X-capped netdev queue count of 63, creating the off-by-one; (3) the attacker must possess CAP_NET_ADMIN capability (or equivalent privileges) sufficient to attach an XDP program to the network interface via ip link or a BPF syscall. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The vendor-assigned CVSS 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) captures the potential kernel memory corruption impact accurately but overstates ease of exploitation: AC:L does not reflect the hardware prerequisite (Intel E610 adapter) and CPU-count requirement (≥64 logical CPUs) needed to reach the vulnerable code path. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Upgrade to Linux kernel 7.1.5 or any later stable release, or 7.2-rc1 or later for development kernels. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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