Bug 2513271 (CVE-2026-68128)

Summary:	CVE-2026-68128 kernel: Linux kernel (ice): Denial of Service via out-of-range ptype in VIRTCHNL
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ice driver. A malicious virtual function (VF) can provide an out-of-range 'ptype' value through the VIRTCHNL interface. This can lead to a write past the end of an allocated memory region, causing a kernel page fault and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:28:13 UTC

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

ice: reject out-of-range ptype in ice_parser_profile_init

set_bit(rslt->ptype, prof->ptypes) operates on a DECLARE_BITMAP of
ICE_FLOW_PTYPE_MAX (1024) bits. Nothing prevents a malicious VF from
providing ptype >= 1024 through VIRTCHNL, resulting in a write past
the end of the bitmap and a kernel page fault.

Reproduced with a custom kernel module injecting a crafted
VIRTCHNL_OP_ADD_RSS_CFG on E810-C QSFP (8086:1592),
FW 4.91 0x800214af 1.3909.0, ICE COMMS DDP 1.3.53.0,
kernel 7.1.0-rc1.

crash_parser: ice_parser_profile_init @ ffffffffc0d61b60
crash_parser: setting ptype=0xffff (max valid=1023)
crash_parser: calling ice_parser_profile_init -- expect OOB crash!
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 56 UID: 0 PID: 165011 Comm: insmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S U OE 7.1.0-rc1 #1
Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600BPB/S2600BPB
RIP: 0010:ice_parser_profile_init+0x2d/0x1d0 [ice]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ? __pfx_ice_parser_profile_init+0x10/0x10 [ice]
 crash_init+0x127/0xff0 [crash_parser]
 do_one_initcall+0x45/0x310
 do_init_module+0x64/0x270
 init_module_from_file+0xcc/0xf0
 idempotent_init_module+0x17b/0x280
 __x64_sys_finit_module+0x6e/0xe0

Bail out early with -EINVAL when ptype is out of range.

Comment 6 Jon Orris 2026-09-17 05:45:20 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:68507 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68507

Comment 7 Jon Orris 2026-09-17 12:16:27 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:68570 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68570