CVE-2026-45840

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Since\novs_vport_set_upcall_portids() accepts any non-zero multiple of\nsizeof(u32) with no upper bound, a CAP_NET_ADMIN user can install a PID\narray large enough to overflow the reply buffer, causing nla_put() to\nfail with -EMSGSIZE and hitting BUG_ON(err < 0). On systems with\nunprivileged user namespaces enabled (e.g., Ubuntu default), this is\nreachable via unshare -Urn since OVS vport mutation operations use\nGENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM.\n\n kernel BUG at net/openvswitch/datapath.c:2414!\n Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI\n CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 65 Comm: poc Not tainted 7.0.0-rc7-00195-geb216e422044 #1\n RIP: 0010:ovs_vport_cmd_set+0x34c/0x400\n Call Trace:\n <TASK>\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1116)\n genl_rcv_msg (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1194)\n netlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550)\n genl_rcv (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219)\n netlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344)\n netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894)\n __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2206)\n __x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2209)\n do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63)\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n </TASK>\n Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception\n\nReject attempts to set more PIDs 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