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CVE-2026-23343 high CVSS 7.8

Out-of-Bounds Write in Kernel (CVE-2026-23343)

Summary

Out-of-bounds write in Kernel (CVE-2026-23343). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.17, 6.19.7 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

xdp: produce a warning when calculated tailroom is negative

Many ethernet drivers report xdp Rx queue frag size as being the same as
DMA write size. However, the only user of this field, namely
bpf_xdp_frags_increase_tail(), clearly expects a truesize.

Such difference leads to unspecific memory corruption issues under certain
circumstances, e.g. in ixgbevf maximum DMA write size is 3 KB, so when
running xskxceiver's XDP_ADJUST_TAIL_GROW_MULTI_BUFF, 6K packet fully uses
all DMA-writable space in 2 buffers. This would be fine, if only
rxq->frag_size was properly set to 4K, but value of 3K results in a
negative tailroom, because there is a non-zero page offset.

We are supposed to return -EINVAL and be done with it in such case, but due
to tailroom being stored as an unsigned int, it is reported to be somewhere
near UINT_MAX, resulting in a tail being grown, even if the requested
offset is too much (it is around 2K in the abovementioned test). This later
leads to all kinds of unspecific calltraces.

[ 7340.337579] xskxceiver[1440]: segfault at 1da718 ip 00007f4161aeac9d sp 00007f41615a6a00 error 6
[ 7340.338040] xskxceiver[1441]: segfault at 7f410000000b ip 00000000004042b5 sp 00007f415bffecf0 error 4
[ 7340.338179] in libc.so.6[61c9d,7f4161aaf000+160000]
[ 7340.339230] in xskxceiver[42b5,400000+69000]
[ 7340.340300] likely on CPU 6 (core 0, socket 6)
[ 7340.340302] Code: ff ff 01 e9 f4 fe ff ff 0f 1f 44 0…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-23343 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.17, 6.19.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2026-23343" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-23343 (Kernel) — CWE-787 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.17, 6.19.7 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

Out-of-bounds write (CWE-787) exists in Kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.17, 6.19.7.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify
    grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules

    リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。

  2. 2
    Apply patch patch
    Upgrade Kernel to 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.17, 6.19.7

    ステージング環境で 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.17, 6.19.7 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。

  3. 3
    Post-deployment verification verify
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.18.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.167"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.130"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.77"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.17"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"6.19.7"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

References

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