CVE-2026-98272 PUBLISHED

net: mvpp2: prevent buffer overflow in page_pool allocation

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 06.10.2026 Updated: 06.10.2026

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

net: mvpp2: prevent buffer overflow in page_pool allocation

The per‑processor buffering scheme is supported only if the number of pools (nrxqs * 2) does not exceed MVPP2_BM_MAX_POOLS (8). This is already checked in mvpp2_probe() during the initial activation of percpu_pools.

However, mvpp2_change_mtu() may later call mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers(priv, true) without this check, which can lead to an out-of-bounds access in the priv->page_pool array in mvpp2_bm_init(). The array is sized to hold MVPP2_PORT_MAX_RXQ entries, and mvpp2_get_nrxqs() may return exactly that value. The per-CPU scheme then doubles it to nrxqs * 2, exceeding the array bounds.

Check that the hardware version is MVPP22 or newer and that the number of pools (nrxqs * 2) does not exceed MVPP2_BM_MAX_POOLS before switching to per-CPU mode.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 7d04b0b13b1175ce0c4bdc77f1278c1f120f874f to 5cefdb7acfc646fbded59ae77dfe0aac4c9e4a3c (excl.)
  • affected from 7d04b0b13b1175ce0c4bdc77f1278c1f120f874f to 4ac1d5adc4f4dbafbfd270b55cc6d8bf9849d545 (excl.)
  • affected from 7d04b0b13b1175ce0c4bdc77f1278c1f120f874f to dfd46b5584a5881b131008767950e1ab82713c8c (excl.)
  • affected from 7d04b0b13b1175ce0c4bdc77f1278c1f120f874f to 6569fd85b0ef9a8a6f20b7eb868420b8c7c0c2a0 (excl.)
  • affected from 7d04b0b13b1175ce0c4bdc77f1278c1f120f874f to e7f30dcfa6c64033bf9137362517bd248e5be384 (excl.)
  • affected from 7d04b0b13b1175ce0c4bdc77f1278c1f120f874f to f0e7d62c1eb984dd204095118973c59604144cd8 (excl.)
  • affected from 7d04b0b13b1175ce0c4bdc77f1278c1f120f874f to 1734c3fc0066e228ce1c11e434b7c2527f0a949a (excl.)
  • affected from 7d04b0b13b1175ce0c4bdc77f1278c1f120f874f to 14cb1e7702e5cb3c58888f6aed498381a73927d2 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.4 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.4 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.271 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.222 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.189 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.158 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.112 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.54 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.8 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc4 to * (incl.)

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