CVE-2026-72065 (GCVE-0-2026-72065)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:52 – Updated: 2026-08-23 12:46
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EPSS
VEX
Title
net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC
Validate the packet length reported in the RX CQE before passing it
to skb processing. The CQE is supplied by the NIC device and should
not be blindly trusted.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
Assigner
References
7 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f , < a631f82f89c76084ad5b2b9c043d3b391ffa56d8
(git)
Affected: ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f , < d2568e64d01f480200063fadd67d6938f676c66f (git) Affected: ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f , < 2e276b14b6d378372bf0152df89286cbe7632fb0 (git) Affected: ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f , < 6080189291d958604dcefe513a13900835ac982f (git) Affected: ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f , < 6d13eaa13341a8f80aaf86f78591e1b1d393711d (git) Affected: ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f , < 282c5214ca4eb3799158c76782646e86d2945d1b (git) Affected: ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f , < 2e2a83b4998af4384e677d3b2ac08565274279bf (git) |
|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.13 (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.217 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.184 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
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