CVE-2026-23386General(linux / linux_kernel)

LOWCVSS 5.5 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch linux linux_kernel systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: fix incorrect buffer cleanup in gve_tx_clean_pending_packets for QPL In DQ-QPL mode, gve_tx_clean_pending_packets() incorrectly uses the RDA buffer cleanup path. It iterates num_bufs times and attempts to unmap entries in the dma array. This leads to two issues: 1. The dma array shares storage with tx_qpl_buf_ids (union). Interpreting buffer IDs as DMA addresses results in attempting to unmap incorrect memory locations. 2. num_bufs in QPL mode (counting 2K chunks) can significantly exceed the size of the dma array, causing out-of-bounds access warnings (trace below is how we noticed this issue). UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/net/ethernet/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_tx_dqo.c:178:5 index 18 is out of range for type 'dma_addr_t[18]' (aka 'unsigned long long[18]') Workqueue: gve gve_service_task [gve] Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x33/0xa0 __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0xdc/0x110 gve_tx_stop_ring_dqo+0x182/0x200 [gve] gve_close+0x1be/0x450 [gve] gve_reset+0x99/0x120 [gve] gve_service_task+0x61/0x100 [gve] process_scheduled_works+0x1e9/0x380 Fix this by properly checking for QPL mode and delegating to gve_free_tx_qpl_bufs() to reclaim the buffers.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • linux_kernel

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 3 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • General: 2 classified signals
  • Peaked 1d ago at 2 mentions (2026-03-25); latest day: 1
  • 3 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
linux_kernel

2 versions affected across 1 product

Deep dive

Activity timeline3 mentions / 2d
01122Mentions · 2026-03-25: 2Mentions · 2026-03-27: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-03-25: 1Technical Details · 2026-03-25: 103-2503-27
Signal classification2 categories
General
266.7%
Patch
133.3%
Referenced assets3 URLs
Classification over time
DateTotalLabels
2026-03-252
General1Patch1
2026-03-271
General1
Full discourse3 posts
  • CVEarity@CVEarity
    General

    ⚡ New CVE Alert: CVE-2026-23386 🚨 Risk Level: Unknown 🧩 Affects: Google Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23386 #CVE-2026-23386 #CVE  #Google #CyberSecurity #InfoSec https://t.co/F78PL1gyrp

    Post summary

    A new CVE (CVE-2026-23386) affecting Google is announced with an unknown risk level, but no technical details, exploit information, or remediation steps are provided.

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  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    General

    CVE-2026-23386 Linux Kernel Vulnerability https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-23386

    Post summary

    The text only references CVE-2026-23386 as a Linux kernel vulnerability and provides a link for further details, but offers no additional technical or exploitation information.

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  • CVE@CVEnew
    Patch

    CVE-2026-23386 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: fix incorrect buffer cleanup in gve_tx_clean_pending_packets for QPL In DQ-QPL mode, gve_tx… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23386

    Post summary

    The notice confirms that CVE-2026-23386 in the Linux kernel’s gve module has been addressed with a patch fixing buffer cleanup issues; no PoC, exploit code, or active exploitation is reported.

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CPE platform detail9 entries

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