CVE-2026-23359CWE-787

CVE-2026-23359

High · published March 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

bpf: Fix stack-out-of-bounds write in devmap

get_upper_ifindexes() iterates over all upper devices and writes their

indices into an array without checking bounds.

Also the callers assume that the max number of upper devices is

MAX_NEST_DEV and allocate excluded_devices[1+MAX_NEST_DEV] on the stack,

but that assumption is not correct and the number of upper devices could

be larger than MAX_NEST_DEV (e.g., many macvlans), causing a

stack-out-of-bounds write.

Add a max parameter to get_upper_ifindexes() to avoid the issue.

When there are too many upper devices, return -EOVERFLOW and abort the

redirect.

To reproduce, create more than MAX_NEST_DEV(8) macvlans on a device with

an XDP program attached using BPF_F_BROADCAST | BPF_F_EXCLUDE_INGRESS.

Then send a packet to the device to trigger the XDP redirect path.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00140 · 3.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2026-03-25T15:16Z
Affected products (14)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.15.1, < 5.15.2035.15.203
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1676.1.167
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1306.6.130
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.776.12.77
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.176.18.17
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.76.19.7
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References (11)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 MAR 10:27Z
    bpf: Fix stack-out-of-bounds write in devmap
    cvelistv5