CVE-2026-68293

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix MCIA register buffer overflow on 32 dword reads The MCIA register can return up to 32 dwords (128 bytes) when the device advertises the mcia_32dwords capability, but struct mlx5_ifc_mcia_reg_bits only defines dword_0..11, leaving room for just 12 dwords (48 bytes) of data. mlx5_query_mcia() clamps the read size to mlx5_mcia_max_bytes() and then memcpy()s that many bytes out of the register, potentially reading past the end of the 'out' buffer. On kernels built with FORTIFY_SOURCE this is caught as a buffer overflow while reading the module EEPROM via ethtool: detected buffer overflow in memcpy kernel BUG at lib/string_helpers.c:1048! RIP: 0010:fortify_panic+0x13/0x20 Call Trace: mlx5_query_mcia.isra.0+0x200/0x210 [mlx5_core] mlx5_query_module_eeprom_by_page+0x4a/0xa0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_get_module_eeprom_by_page+0xbb/0x120 [mlx5_core] eeprom_prepare_data+0xf3/0x170 ethnl_default_doit+0xf1/0x3b0 Extend the mcia_reg layout to 32 dwords.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedAug 10, 2026
First seenAug 10, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-122CWE-122

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux5ed6d41029832b11bc204d7cc326cf309d073666, c8a4acc19dcdc83e1303c29d9535e5c99415a2e3, 5be4eebd5a3a198dab0adcd550e1cadca79bdfed, 87b39a8c875ca744b7de69af0a8ef8874cffccf1, 88b2a16ddac3357e3f1d528e758b51e2c945d546, 11c057d23465c7a5817a7284c896d19d54c0b616 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c ≤ v < 5ed6d41029832b11bc204d7cc326cf309d073666, 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c ≤ v < c8a4acc19dcdc83e1303c29d9535e5c99415a2e3, 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c ≤ v < 5be4eebd5a3a198dab0adcd550e1cadca79bdfed, 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c ≤ v < 87b39a8c875ca744b7de69af0a8ef8874cffccf1, 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c ≤ v < 88b2a16ddac3357e3f1d528e758b51e2c945d546, 271907ee2f29cd1078fd219f0778fd824fb1971c ≤ v < 11c057d23465c7a5817a7284c896d19d54c0b616, 5.185ed6d41029832b11bc204d7cc326cf309d073666, c8a4acc19dcdc83e1303c29d9535e5c99415a2e3, 5be4eebd5a3a198dab0adcd550e1cadca79bdfed, 87b39a8c875ca744b7de69af0a8ef8874cffccf1, 88b2a16ddac3357e3f1d528e758b51e2c945d546, 11c057d23465c7a5817a7284c896d19d54c0b616

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