Bug 2536189 (CVE-2026-90142)

Summary: CVE-2026-90142 kernel: virtio_net: Fix resize of the RX ring
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the virtio_net component of the Linux kernel. When an AF_XDP (Address Family eXpress Data Path) socket is attached, the system fails to properly resize the RX (receive) ring buffer. This oversight can lead to an out-of-bounds write operation, where data is written beyond the allocated memory region. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service or other memory corruption issues.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 16:43:20 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

virtio_net: Fix resize of the RX ring

When a AF_XDP socket is attached, the virtnet_rx_resize
should resize the rq->xsk_buffs XSK buffer array. Otherwise,
when the size grows, the virtnet_rx_resume() causes a write
past the end of the array. This is easily reproducable with

    ethtool -G ens3 rx 32
    ./xdpsock -i eth0 -q 0 -r -z &
    ethtool -G eth0 rx 256