net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: bound the policy rule dump by the caller's buffer size
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: bound the policy rule dump by the caller's buffer size mv88e6xxx_get_rxnfc() uses rxnfc->rule_cnt as the write index while dumping the policy IDR, clobbering the input value before it has been looked at. That input is the number of entries the caller had room for. ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL requires no CAP_NET_ADMIN and the ioctl sizes the buffer from the rule_cnt userspace passes in, so once an admin has installed policy rules any user can ask for fewer slots than there are rules and run off the end of the allocation. A rule_cnt of 0 leaves the buffer pointer NULL and the walk dereferences it. Count into a local so the caller's limit survives the walk, and stop with -EMSGSIZE once it is reached.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98027
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rmvm-8mw4-j874
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@01124cd2cf4b71755b1130ac82d78dcfbd5d69e3, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +5 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 4 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e4bfc5f0b66feb22cba821303fc25ca22cd0887
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01124cd2cf4b71755b1130ac82d78dcfbd5d69e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/609c4378f212cf580aae02250f1146caf63d873f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5b5c52b6524c9fb50def2260baac745c095ec3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44cd4674d9aa5bdf793b8a8b481c9e8536ed6070
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a683c2b062810bca203e41866389daf387c235b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cda5ac8fe8ac8e80b1703ebb8c4250726fc19739
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1fffc273112e7284c5b705e186b43b5770cd3d5
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98027 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98027 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rmvm-8mw4-j874 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98027 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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