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GHSA-RXRH-5G8P-WJX5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-28 09:31 – Updated: 2026-08-29 09:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

qede: fix out-of-bounds check for cqe->len_list[]

Move index check before element access.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

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CVE-2026-80609 (GCVE-0-2026-80609)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-28 06:48 – Updated: 2026-08-29 06:21

Title

qede: fix out-of-bounds check for cqe->len_list[]

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: qede: fix out-of-bounds check for cqe->len_list[] Move index check before element access.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d203bdd227fca178…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd3a6a083b408e964…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e30af53dca803893a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aacefd074b5dcc99…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b17751a2ebc4aef3c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d46ab395803f162c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9ba47fce5932c158…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: ecbb12caf399d7cf364b7553ed5aebeaa2f255bc , < 6d203bdd227fca1787f8a80cf84b990936633c5a (git) Affected: a778912b4a53587ea07d85526d152f85d109cbfe , < bd3a6a083b408e96437dbd86ff543ba9ec3a788b (git) Affected: f0923011c1261b33a2ac1de349256d39cb750dd0 , < e30af53dca803893a29eb3bbe0539752ba435410 (git) Affected: 917a9d02182ac8b4f25eb47dc02f3ec679608c24 , < 1aacefd074b5dcc99b8dbcd73e1c963ed5010110 (git) Affected: 896f1a2493b59beb2b5ccdf990503dbb16cb2256 , < b17751a2ebc4aef3ce6be6f71ee8df92bf5ddfcd (git) Affected: 896f1a2493b59beb2b5ccdf990503dbb16cb2256 , < 6d46ab395803f162cdc50e8d346e5f1a4e766771 (git) Affected: 896f1a2493b59beb2b5ccdf990503dbb16cb2256 , < f9ba47fce5932c15891c89c60e76dfaca919cb8d (git) Affected: e441db07f208184e0466abf44b389a81d70c340e (git) Affected: 5.15.197 , < 5.15.212 (semver) Affected: 6.1.159 , < 6.1.178 (semver) Affected: 6.6.118 , < 6.6.145 (semver) Affected: 6.12.60 , < 6.12.97 (semver) Affected: 6.17.10 , < 6.18 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.18 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.18 (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.212 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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