{"id":"CVE-2026-63995","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-63995","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T06:13:24.232Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: cmis: validate start_cmd_payload_size from module The CMIS firmware update code reads start_cmd_payload_size from the module's FW Management Features CDB reply and uses it…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nethtool: cmis: validate start_cmd_payload_size from module\n\nThe CMIS firmware update code reads start_cmd_payload_size from\nthe module's FW Management Features CDB reply and uses it directly\nas the byte count for memcpy. The destination buffer is 112 bytes\n(ETHTOOL_CMIS_CDB_LPL_MAX_PL_LENGTH - 8). So a malicious\nmodule (or corrupted response) can cause a OOB write later on in\ncmis_fw_update_start_download().\n\nLet's error out. If modules that expect longer LPL writes actually\nexist we should revisit.\n\nstruct cmis_cdb_start_fw_download_pl's definition has to move,\nno change there.","published":"2026-07-19T16:17:39.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T21:17:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00129,"percentile":0.02523,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0696709e951be54c699664adf546d16e28974d53","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12c2496a71f82f63617971ca9b730dffa05cf58b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63112b4515469d00008452d9cfe3fb3bf1aa2df3","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a46340da00385be7fb16c62425ebc20006f2d5d8","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63995","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}