Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-46142

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - net: libwx: fix VF illegal register access Register WXCFGPORTST is a PF restricted register. When a VF is initialized, attempting to read this register triggers...

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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46142

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: libwx: fix VF illegal register access Register WXCFGPORTST is a PF restricted register. When a VF is initialized, attempting to read this register triggers an illegal register access, which lead to a system hang. When the...

CVE-2026-46142

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: libwx: fix VF illegal register access Register WXCFGPORTST is a PF restricted register. When a VF is initialized, attempting to read this register triggers an illegal register access, which lead to a system hang. When the...

CVE-2026-46142

The CVE-2026-46142 issue affects the Linux kernel’s net: libwx code, where reading the PF-restricted WX_CFG_PORT_ST register during VF initialization can trigger an illegal register access, potentially causing a system hang. The root cause is that a VF’s bus function ID can be read directly from ...

CVE-2026-46142 net: libwx: fix VF illegal register access

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: libwx: fix VF illegal register access Register WXCFGPORTST is a PF restricted register. When a VF is initialized, attempting to read this register triggers an illegal register access, which lead to a system hang. When the...

EUVD-2026-32769

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: libwx: fix VF illegal register access Register WXCFGPORTST is a PF restricted register. When a VF is initialized, attempting to read this register triggers an illegal register access, which lead to a system hang. When the...

CVE-2026-46142 net: libwx: fix VF illegal register access

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: libwx: fix VF illegal register access Register WXCFGPORTST is a PF restricted register. When a VF is initialized, attempting to read this register triggers an illegal register access, which lead to a system hang. When the...

PT-2026-44265

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description An issue exists in the libwx network component where a Virtual Function VF attempts to access the WX CFG PORT ST register. Because this is a Physical Function PF restricted register, the...

CVE-2021-47255 kvm: LAPIC: Restore guard to prevent illegal APIC register access

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kvm: LAPIC: Restore guard to prevent illegal APIC register access Per the SDM, "any access that touches bytes 4 through 15 of an APIC register may cause undefined behavior and must not be executed." Worse, such an access in...