CVE-2026-63987: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: coalesce: cap profile updates at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES ethnl_update_profile() walks the ETHTOOL_A_PROFILE_IRQ_MODERATION nest list with an index 'i' and writes new_profile[i++] without bounding i. The destination is kmemdup()'d at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES entries (5), but the Netlink nest count is entirely user-controlled. Netlink policies do not have support for constraining the number of nested entries (or number of multi-attr entries).

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.11, before 6.12.93 (fixed in 6.12.93); from 6.13, before 6.18.35 (fixed in 6.18.35); from 6.19, before 7.0.12 (fixed in 7.0.12); version 7.1 only

Published 2026-07-19. Last modified 2026-10-08.