Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 14, 2026· Updated Feb 9, 2026
octeontx2-pf: fix "UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds error"
CVE-2025-71137
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
octeontx2-pf: fix "UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds error"
This patch ensures that the RX ring size (rx_pending) is not set below the permitted length. This avoids UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds errors when users passes small or zero ring sizes via ethtool -G.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.6
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/442848e457f5a9f71a4e7e14d24d73dae278ebe3mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cc4cfe4d23c883120b6f3d41145edbaa281f2abmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8dfa3abb9a845302e021cf9c92d941abbc011amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/658caf3b8aad65f8b8e102670ca4f68c7030f655mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/85f4b0c650d9f9db10bda8d3acfa1af83bf78cf7mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa743b0d98448282b2cb37356db8db2a48524624mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b23a2e15589466a027c9baa3fb5813c9f6a6c6dcmitre
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