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CVE-2026-72065: net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-15 · updated 2026-10-19
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC Validate the packet length reported in the RX CQE before passing it to skb processing. The CQE is supplied by the NIC device and should not be blindly trusted.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 5.13 — fixed in 7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/282c5214ca4eb3799158c76782646e86d2945d1b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e276b14b6d378372bf0152df89286cbe7632fb0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e2a83b4998af4384e677d3b2ac08565274279bf
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6080189291d958604dcefe513a13900835ac982f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d13eaa13341a8f80aaf86f78591e1b1d393711d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a631f82f89c76084ad5b2b9c043d3b391ffa56d8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2568e64d01f480200063fadd67d6938f676c66f

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