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virtio_net: Fix resize of the RX ring

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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

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CVE-2026-90142

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-90142

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Related CVEs
CVE-2026-90142

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high

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#48612 · Revision 1
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