# CVE-2026-63987: ethtool: coalesce: cap profile updates at NET\_DIM\_PARAMS\_NUM\_PROFILES

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12.93, 6.18.35, 7.0.12
- Published: 2026-07-19 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from f750dfe825b904164688adeb147950e0e0c4d262, fixed in d4c9cc7c47781c6f4fa29d80a1193a8bcd1525bc; from f750dfe825b904164688adeb147950e0e0c4d262, fixed in 0c02c190bcd9822477038ff2cee10ea584ac1b1d; from f750dfe825b904164688adeb147950e0e0c4d262, fixed in 6205f7166d2dd14a017a5802c81e5bd1421a8635; from f750dfe825b904164688adeb147950e0e0c4d262, fixed in 7281b096b072f6c6e30420e3467d738f2e4c4b57
- Linux: 6.11
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.11.0, fixed in 6.12.93; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.35; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.0.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: coalesce: cap profile updates at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES ethnl_update_profile() walks the ETHTOOL_A_PROFILE_IRQ_MODERATION nest list with an index 'i' and writes new_profile[i++] without bounding i. The destination is kmemdup()'d at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES entries (5), but the Netlink nest count is entirely user-controlled. Netlink policies do not have support for constraining the number of nested entries (or number of multi-attr entries).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.12.93, 6.18.35, 7.0.12) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4c9cc7c47781c6f4fa29d80a1193a8bcd1525bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c02c190bcd9822477038ff2cee10ea584ac1b1d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6205f7166d2dd14a017a5802c81e5bd1421a8635
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7281b096b072f6c6e30420e3467d738f2e4c4b57

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