Kernel panic via oversized ACL group encoding
Published Feb 22, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel mlxsw ACL handling allows local users to crash systems through crafted TC filters. The PAGT register encoder accepts a firmware-reported ACL-group maximum above its fixed 16-entry layout, causing mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_group_update to overwrite its stack when a priority pattern requires more than 16 regions. Reaching the crash requires administrative traffic-control access on a system using a Spectrum-2 or newer ASIC.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel mlxsw ACL handling allows local users to crash systems through crafted TC filters. The PAGT register encoder accepts a firmware-reported ACL-group maximum above its fixed 16-entry layout, causing mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_group_update to overwrite its stack when a priority pattern requires more than 16 regions. Reaching the crash requires administrative traffic-control access on a system using a Spectrum-2 or newer ASIC.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-26586
- Published
- Feb 22, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Feb 22, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.19
- Affected versionversion=c3ab435466d5109b2c7525a3b90107d4d9e918fc <2f5e1565740490706332c06f36211d4ce0f88e62
- Affected versionversion=c3ab435466d5109b2c7525a3b90107d4d9e918fc <348112522a35527c5bcba933b9fefb40a4f44f15
- Affected versionversion=c3ab435466d5109b2c7525a3b90107d4d9e918fc <483ae90d8f976f8339cf81066312e1329f2d3706
- Affected versionversion=c3ab435466d5109b2c7525a3b90107d4d9e918fc <56750ea5d15426b5f307554e7699e8b5f76c3182
- Affected versionversion=c3ab435466d5109b2c7525a3b90107d4d9e918fc <6fd24675188d354b1cad47462969afa2ab09d819
- Affected versionversion=c3ab435466d5109b2c7525a3b90107d4d9e918fc <a361c2c1da5dbb13ca67601cf961ab3ad68af383
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