CVE-2026-97990 (GCVE-0-2026-97990)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-25 10:23
Modified
2026-10-19 09:11
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa_sim_net: check TX pull result before RX copy vringh_iov_pull_iotlb() returns a signed byte count. A failed TX pull is currently added to the unsigned byte counter and then passed as a size_t length to receive_filter() and vringh_iov_push_iotlb(). A negative error can therefore become a large length in the RX path. Handle non-positive pull results before every length use. Count the TX error and complete the consumed TX descriptor with zero bytes. I found this bug myself, though the patch was written with AI assistance.
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