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CVE-2026-63999

ethtool: rss: fix indir_table and hkey leak on get_rxfh failure

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Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 5.16, 6.2, 6.14, and 3 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: rss: fix indir_table and hkey leak on get_rxfh failure rss_prepare_get() allocates the indirection table and hash key buffer via rss_get_data_alloc(), then calls ops->get_rxfh() to populate them. If get_rxfh() fails, the function returns an error without freeing the allocation.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From c5ed0eaddcbda56079091fc3876b140a6e70a548 · fixed in 14dbf22c397b799b3a80f63fc90c2fc0585bbeb3; From a065b996052656a65afc51ad82336dc55ae4c72f · fixed in 323faef6366349f57d4ad67d318a0c8906e360b3; From 4f038a6a02d20859a3479293cbf172b0f14cbdd6 · fixed in 33d05c22d6f227c5ae171c46df2f6f8bf48047ea; From 4f038a6a02d20859a3479293cbf172b0f14cbdd6 · fixed in 80d95d92f828cfcace955d673637d944178b435f; From 4f038a6a02d20859a3479293cbf172b0f14cbdd6 · fixed in 266297692f97008ca48bc311775c087c59bd7fe3; From 6.6.88 · fixed in 6.6.160; From 6.12.24 · fixed in 6.12.114; From 5.15.181 · fixed in 5.16; From 6.1.135 · fixed in 6.2; From 6.13.12 · fixed in 6.14; From 6.14.3 · fixed in 6.15

  • Linux Linux

    6.15

  • KernelLinux

    fixed in 6.6.160; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.114; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.35; From 6.15.0 · fixed in 7.0.12

References 5

git.kernel.org