Bug 2451202 (CVE-2026-23359) - CVE-2026-23359 kernel: bpf: Fix stack-out-of-bounds write in devmap
Summary: CVE-2026-23359 kernel: bpf: Fix stack-out-of-bounds write in devmap
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-23359
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-03-25 11:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-03-25 16:26 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-25 11:04:25 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix stack-out-of-bounds write in devmap

get_upper_ifindexes() iterates over all upper devices and writes their
indices into an array without checking bounds.

Also the callers assume that the max number of upper devices is
MAX_NEST_DEV and allocate excluded_devices[1+MAX_NEST_DEV] on the stack,
but that assumption is not correct and the number of upper devices could
be larger than MAX_NEST_DEV (e.g., many macvlans), causing a
stack-out-of-bounds write.

Add a max parameter to get_upper_ifindexes() to avoid the issue.
When there are too many upper devices, return -EOVERFLOW and abort the
redirect.

To reproduce, create more than MAX_NEST_DEV(8) macvlans on a device with
an XDP program attached using BPF_F_BROADCAST | BPF_F_EXCLUDE_INGRESS.
Then send a packet to the device to trigger the XDP redirect path.


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