CVE-2026-68129

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Since no packets are processed, no Rx completions are generated.\n3. Because no completions occur, NAPI is never scheduled, preventing\n the refill loop from running again even after memory is freed.\n\nThis results in a permanent queue stall.\n\nResolve this by introducing a starvation recovery timer for each Rx queue.\nIf the number of buffers posted to hardware falls below a critical low\nthreshold, start a timer to periodically reschedule NAPI. Once NAPI runs\nand successfully refills the queue above the threshold, the timer is\nnot rescheduled.\n\nThe threshold is set to 32 because a single maximum-sized Receive Segment\nCoalescing (RSC) packet can consume up to 19 descriptors in the Rx path.\nLower thresholds (such as 8 or 16) would be insufficient to process a\ncomplete maximum-sized RSC packet, risking packet drops or unexpected\nhardware behavior under memory pressure. 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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: Linux kernel: gve driver vulnerability leads to network queue stall", "id": "2513363", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513363"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.9", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-431", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\ngve: fix Rx queue stall on alloc failure\nWhen the system is under extreme memory pressure, page allocations can\nfail during the Rx buffer refill loop. If the number of buffers posted\nto hardware falls below a critical low threshold and the refill loop\nexits due to allocation failures, the queue can stall:\n1. The device drops incoming packets because there are no descriptors.\n2. Since no packets are processed, no Rx completions are generated.\n3. Because no completions occur, NAPI is never scheduled, preventing\nthe refill loop from running again even after memory is freed.\nThis results in a permanent queue stall.\nResolve this by introducing a starvation recovery timer for each Rx queue.\nIf the number of buffers posted to hardware falls below a critical low\nthreshold, start a timer to periodically reschedule NAPI. Once NAPI runs\nand successfully refills the queue above the threshold, the timer is\nnot rescheduled.\nThe threshold is set to 32 because a single maximum-sized Receive Segment\nCoalescing (RSC) packet can consume up to 19 descriptors in the Rx path.\nLower thresholds (such as 8 or 16) would be insufficient to process a\ncomplete maximum-sized RSC packet, risking packet drops or unexpected\nhardware behavior under memory pressure. Setting the threshold to 32\nguarantees a safe margin to handle at least one full RSC packet.", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's gve driver. Under extreme memory pressure, the driver's receive (Rx) buffer refill process can fail, causing the number of buffers available to hardware to drop below a critical threshold. This can lead to a permanent network queue stall, where the device drops incoming packets and network processing (NAPI) is not scheduled, effectively causing a Denial of Service (DoS)."], "name": "CVE-2026-68129", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_nvidia:", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhcos", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}], "public_date": "2026-08-10T11:58:51Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68129\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68129\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c317349b4baa5038d1fc373bf46d5a2419d1710\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/299d5728a7312fdd02059b074aebbe4ebbd391e4\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/689b9f588d2d7323dc66293fe594a68d030f400f\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e0249f3ef62b75fe8c9c9372eaba32876e4b3a\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b65352a1bac64442ad95e64f385b40ccb9f1b0db"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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