High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 25, 2026· Updated Oct 19, 2026
CVE-2026-97990
CVE-2026-97990
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vdpa_sim_net: check TX pull result before RX copy
vringh_iov_pull_iotlb() returns a signed byte count. A failed TX pull is currently added to the unsigned byte counter and then passed as a size_t length to receive_filter() and vringh_iov_push_iotlb(). A negative error can therefore become a large length in the RX path.
Handle non-positive pull results before every length use. Count the TX error and complete the consumed TX descriptor with zero bytes.
I found this bug myself, though the patch was written with AI assistance.
Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
< 7.2.9-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.9-1.1
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.19.0, < 6.6.158
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d195797a80b77f2ec56718cd26d3ee65d0093e8nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b803d382cde6d85755b363f22010208a04ba40anvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bbf1c1f69991e28787e02b0a2f826289d5fc730nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3af20238a09ca180d66623e3bed16b64e9975f39nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c001abcde865b74231da8f1412c3217dbf66781envd
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