Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-90059)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-90059). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: stmmac: restore NET_IP_ALIGN in the RX DMA offset
Since the RX path was converted to zero-copy, the page pool page is handed
to the stack directly as the skb head, and the offset the DMA engine writes
at is what determines the alignment of the packet headers.
Before the conversion the payload was copied into an skb obtained from
napi_alloc_skb(), which reserves NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN. The
conversion moved the headroom into stmmac_rx_offset() but did not carry
over NET_IP_ALIGN, so on architectures where NET_IP_ALIGN is 2 the IP
header now lands misaligned:
64 (NET_SKB_PAD) + 14 (ethernet) + 20 (IP) = 98
Same for the XDP branch:
256 (XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM) + 14 (ethernet) + 20 (IP) = 290
On ARM32 this is fatal, because ldm and ldrd trap on unaligned addresses
even when CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS is set.
Any received echo request panics the machine, e.g:
Unhandled fault: alignment exception (0x001) at 0x81873062
Internal error: : 1 [#1] SMP ARM
Hardware name: Altera SOCFPGA Arria10
PC is at icmp_echo+0x38/0xa8
LR is at icmp_rcv+0x22c/0x370
Call trace:
icmp_echo from icmp_rcv+0x22c/0x370
icmp_rcv from ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x2c/0x224
ip_protocol_deliver_rcu from ip_local_deliver+0xc8/0x1a0
ip_local_deliver from ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x3c/0x50
ip_sublist_rcv_finish from ip_list_rcv_finish+0x110/0x118
ip_list_rcv_finish from ip_list_rcv+0xc8/0xdc
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-90059 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-90059" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-90059 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
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.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-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。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90059 linux Fixed in: 7.2.6-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90059 linux-hwe-edge
References
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com