In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: txgbe: fix heap overflow when reading module EEPROM
txgbe_read_eeprom_hostif() always copies round_up(length, 4) bytes
into the caller buffer, which ethtool allocates with exactly 'length'
bytes. A non-4-aligned length therefore causes an out-of-bounds write.
Copy only the remaining bytes on the final dword instead.
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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-122 |
Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: txgbe: fix heap overflow when reading module EEPROM txgbe_read_eeprom_hostif() always copies round_up(length, 4) bytes into the caller buffer, which ethtool allocates with exactly 'length' bytes. A non-4-aligned length therefore causes an out-of-bounds write. Copy only the remaining bytes on the final dword instead. | |
| Title | net: txgbe: fix heap overflow when reading module EEPROM | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-12T00:07:29.605Z
Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:28:09.394Z
Link: CVE-2026-68440
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-12T00:17:44.247
Modified: 2026-08-12T00:17:44.247
Link: CVE-2026-68440
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-12T17:45:02Z