CVE-2026-98029
kernel: eth: nfp: bound the ntuple rule dump by the caller's buffer size
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 25, 2026
Updated · September 29, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Netronome Flow Processor (NFP) network driver. The driver fails to validate the user-provided buffer size when retrieving network flow steering rules. An unprivileged local user can exploit this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds memory write or a null pointer dereference, potentially leading to memory corruption and a Denial of Service (DoS).
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write