CVE-2026-80693: Linux kernel · idpf: bound interrupt-vector register fill to the allocated array
Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.3 Critical · fixed in e299b7d1334ebec4d43a7bb697d10c12df1aaed3 : patch Linux kernel as a priority.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:55 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 9% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- No evidence of active exploitation and no public proof of concept
- Automatable
- Attackers cannot reliably automate steps 1–4 of the kill chain
- Technical impact
- Total control over the software or total information disclosure
CISA SSVC assessment, 2026-10-16.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in e299b7d1334ebec4d43a7bb697d10c12df1aaed3, a6447b6a9678e701ca4d32789f311067cf528c2d, 41bb8748124d0d8ee5d8e1eace9dfbc874bc9564 +1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 28 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade Linux kernel to e299b7d1334ebec4d43a7bb697d10c12df1aaed3, a6447b6a9678e701ca4d32789f311067cf528c2d, 41bb8748124d0d8ee5d8e1eace9dfbc874bc9564 or 9f7007ee9858c99aa43101bc8352c672fee85644.
Affected software
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: bound interrupt-vector register fill to the allocated array idpf_get_reg_intr_vecs() fills the caller-allocated reg_vals[] array from the VIRTCHNL2_OP_ALLOC_VECTORS reply in adapter->req_vec_chunks, bounding its inner loop only by the per-chunk num_vectors. The array is sized separately: idpf_intr_reg_init() allocates kzalloc_objs(struct idpf_vec_regs, total_vecs) from caps.num_allocated_vectors and only checks the returned count after the fill. The sum of per-chunk num_vectors is never reconciled against total_vecs, so a reply with a small num_allocated_vectors but chunks summing higher writes past the end of reg_vals[]. Impact: a control plane (a PF or hypervisor device model) that returns a VIRTCHNL2_OP_ALLOC_VECTORS reply whose per-chunk num_vectors sum exceeds num_allocated_vectors writes struct idpf_vec_regs entries past the end of the reg_vals kmalloc allocation (KASAN slab-out-of-bounds write). Bound the fill loop to the array capacity passed in by the callers, mirroring the sibling idpf_vport_get_q_reg(). The existing num_regs < num_vecs check then rejects an undersized reply without the out-of-bounds write happening first.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6447b6a9678e701ca4d32789f311067cf528c2d (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e299b7d1334ebec4d43a7bb697d10c12df1aaed3 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/41bb8748124d0d8ee5d8e1eace9dfbc874bc9564 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f7007ee9858c99aa43101bc8352c672fee85644 (opens in a new tab)