CVE-2026-23172CWE-401CWE-787

CVE-2026-23172

High · published February 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: wwan: t7xx: fix potential skb->frags overflow in RX path

When receiving data in the DPMAIF RX path,

the t7xx_dpmaif_set_frag_to_skb() function adds

page fragments to an skb without checking if the number of

fragments has exceeded MAX_SKB_FRAGS. This could lead to a buffer overflow

in skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[] array, corrupting adjacent memory and

potentially causing kernel crashes or other undefined behavior.

This issue was identified through static code analysis by comparing with a

similar vulnerability fixed in the mt76 driver commit b102f0c522cf ("mt76:

fix array overflow on receiving too many fragments for a packet").

The vulnerability could be triggered if the modem firmware sends packets

with excessive fragments. While under normal protocol conditions (MTU 3080

bytes, BAT buffer 3584 bytes),

a single packet should not require additional

fragments, the kernel should not blindly trust firmware behavior.

Malicious, buggy, or compromised firmware could potentially craft packets

with more fragments than the kernel expects.

Fix this by adding a bounds check before calling skb_add_rx_frag() to

ensure nr_frags does not exceed MAX_SKB_FRAGS.

The check must be performed before unmapping to avoid a page leak

and double DMA unmap during device teardown.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00159 · 4.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime; CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2026-02-14T21:15Z
Affected products (11)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.19, < 6.1.1626.1.162
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1236.6.123
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.696.12.69
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.96.18.9
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References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 FEB 16:01Z
    net: wwan: t7xx: fix potential skb->frags overflow in RX path
    cvelistv5