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.
History

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-122

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T00:07:29.605Z

Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:28:09.394Z

Link: CVE-2026-68440

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T00:17:44.247

Modified: 2026-08-12T00:17:44.247

Link: CVE-2026-68440

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T17:45:02Z