CVE-2026-63995

high

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a46340da00385be7fb16c62425ebc20006f2d5d8

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63112b4515469d00008452d9cfe3fb3bf1aa2df3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12c2496a71f82f63617971ca9b730dffa05cf58b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0696709e951be54c699664adf546d16e28974d53

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-19

Updated: 2026-07-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00168