CVE-2026-80609 (GCVE-0-2026-80609)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-28 06:48
Modified
2026-08-29 06:21
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: qede: fix out-of-bounds check for cqe->len_list[] Move index check before element access.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: ecbb12caf399d7cf364b7553ed5aebeaa2f255bc
Version: a778912b4a53587ea07d85526d152f85d109cbfe
Version: f0923011c1261b33a2ac1de349256d39cb750dd0
Version: 917a9d02182ac8b4f25eb47dc02f3ec679608c24
Version: 896f1a2493b59beb2b5ccdf990503dbb16cb2256
Version: 896f1a2493b59beb2b5ccdf990503dbb16cb2256
Version: 896f1a2493b59beb2b5ccdf990503dbb16cb2256
Version: e441db07f208184e0466abf44b389a81d70c340e
Version: 5.15.197   
Version: 6.1.159   
Version: 6.6.118   
Version: 6.12.60   
Version: 6.17.10   
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