CVE-2026-63987 ethtool: coalesce: cap profile updates at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: coalesce: cap profile updates at NETDIMPARAMSNUMPROFILES ethnlupdateprofile walks the ETHTOOLAPROFILEIRQMODERATION nest list with an index 'i' and writes newprofilei++ without bounding i. The destination is kmemdup'd at...

CVE-2026-63987

Summary: CVE-2026-63987 affects the Linux kernel’s ethtool/ethnl path. The issue arises in ethnl_update_profile(): it iterates a nested Netlink list with index i and writes new_profile[i++] without bounding i. The destination is kmemdup()’d at NET_DIM_PARAMS_NUM_PROFILES entries (5), while Netlin...