← Vulnerability feed

Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-23262 · published 18 March 2026

CVE-2026-23262: Linux kernel out-of-bounds write vulnerability

Linux · Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: Fix stats report corruption on queue count change The driver and the NIC share a region in memory for stats reporting. The NIC calculates its offset into this region based on the total size of the stats region and the size of the NIC's stats. When the number of queues is changed, the driver's stats region is resized. If the queue count is increased, the NIC can write past the end of the allocated stats region, causing memory corruption. If the queue count is decreased, there is a gap between the driver and NIC stats, leading to incorrect stats reporting. This change fixes the issue by allocating stats region with maximum size, and the offset calculation for NIC stats is changed to match with the calculation of the NIC.

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.12% · top 98.4% CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.12%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
7References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: Fix stats report corruption on queue count change The driver and the NIC share a region in memory for stats reporting. The NIC calculates its offset into this region based on the total size of the stats region and the size of the NIC's stats. When the number of queues is changed, the driver's stats region is resized. If the queue count is increased, the NIC can write past the end of the allocated stats region, causing memory corruption. If the queue count is decreased, there is a gap between the driver and NIC stats, leading to incorrect stats reporting. This change fixes the issue by allocating stats region with maximum size, and the offset calculation for NIC stats is changed to match with the calculation of the NIC.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11f8311f69e4c361717371b4901ff92daeb76e9c Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b9ebcce0296e104a0d82a6b09d68564806158ff Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/837c662f47dac43efa1aef2dd433c6b4b4c073af Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d93332397405b62a3300b22d04ac65d990b91ff Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fa0a755db3e1945fe00f73fe27d85ef6c8818b7 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df54838ab61826ecc1a562ffa5e280c3ab7289a7 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f432f7613c220db32c2c6942420daf7b3f2e7d7e Patch

Track CVE-2026-23262 inside VULONE

Watch it alongside the ransomware crews, C2 infrastructure and forum chatter that reference it, query it through the API and pull it into your SIEM over TAXII.

Start free Open in platform

Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

9.8CVE-2025-39682Linux kernel TLS zero-length record handling flaw on rx_listThe Linux kernel TLS receive path mishandles zero-length records that arrive from the rx_list, breaking the assumption that a record type change cann…KEVEPSS 2.9%analysed8.8CVE-2026-53266Linux kernel ebtables SNAT out-of-bounds write in ARP rewriteThe ebtables SNAT target rewrites the ARP sender hardware address via skb_store_bits() without first making that range writable. When the ARP SHA byt…KEVEPSS 0.65%analysed8.8CVE-2023-3079Google Chrome V8 type confusion enables heap corruptionCVE-2023-3079 is a type confusion flaw in the V8 JavaScript engine in Google Chrome before 114.0.5735.110. A crafted HTML page can trigger the confus…KEVEPSS 32%analysed8.8CVE-2013-6282Linux kernel ARM get_user/put_user missing address validationThe get_user and put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on v6k and v7 ARM platforms fail to validate certain addresses, allowing cra…KEVEPSS 40%analysed8.4CVE-2022-0185Linux Kernel Filesystem Context Heap Buffer OverflowThe legacy_parse_param function in the Linux kernel's Filesystem Context functionality fails to properly verify supplied parameter lengths, causing a…KEVEPSS 25%analysed8.4CVE-2013-2094Linux Kernel perf_swevent_init Integer Type Flaw Enables Local Privilege EscalationThe perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, allowing a local user to…KEVEPSS 48%analysed7.8CVE-2026-53362Linux kernel IPv6 UDP paged allocation out-of-bounds write__ip6_append_data() in the Linux kernel mis-accounts fraggap on the paged-allocation path, leaving the linear skb area undersized while pagedlen is o…KEVEPSS 0.71%analysed7.8CVE-2026-31431Linux kernel algif_aead in-place crypto operation flawThe Linux kernel's algif_aead AF_ALG AEAD interface operated in-place on buffers that come from different mappings, a flaw the fix resolves by revert…KEVEPSS 3.4%analysed

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-23262), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.