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Vulnerability ID

CVE-2026-45840

AI Exploitable

Vulnerability in openvswitch

ProductLinux kernel
CVSS 3.1Medium5.5
EPSS0.13%
Has public PoCNo
AI Exploitability

A working PoC was successfully generated by AI

Working AI PoC
Yes
Cheapest run
$17.65
Fastest run
1.9 hr
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Overview

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openvswitch: cap upcall PID array size and pre-size vport replies The vport netlink reply helpers allocate a fixed-size skb with nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, ...) but serialize the full upcall PID array via ovs_vport_get_upcall_portids(). Since ovs_vport_set_upcall_portids() accepts any non-zero multiple of sizeof(u32) with no upper bound, a CAP_NET_ADMIN user can install a PID array large enough to overflow the reply buffer, causing nla_put() to fail with -EMSGSIZE and hitting BUG_ON(err < 0).

CWE
Unassigned
Weakness
—
Component
openvswitch
Impact
Not stated
Published
2026-05-27
Fixed version
7.1

Risk factors

In-the-WildNot observed
CISA KEVNot listed
Public ExploitNone known
Ransomware useNone known

Severity

CVSS 3.1Only version published

5.5Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability
Attack VectorLocal
ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
Impact
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

EPSS

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

0.13%

SSVC

Stakeholder-specific vulnerability categorization

Not scored. CISA publishes an SSVC decision for a subset of CVEs.