CVE-2026-74527

octeontx2-af: Block VFs from clobbering special CGX PKIND state

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: Block VFs from clobbering special CGX PKIND state PF and VF NIX LFs that share a CGX LMAC reuse the same hardware PKIND programming. When HiGig2 or EDSA parsing is enabled, a VF NIX LF alloc must not reset the LMAC RX PKIND or default TX parse config over the PF setup. Add cgx_get_pkind() and rvu_cgx_is_pkind_config_permitted() so VFs skip cgx_set_pkind(), rvu_npc_set_pkind(), and NIX_AF_LFX_TX_PARSE_CFG updates when the LMAC is using NPC_RX_HIGIG_PKIND or NPC_RX_EDSA_PKIND.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.2094d942c5fb970ac2166216838b278613decfa9a0
Vendor states this is fixed in 3bd438a58e910db5dc369aa25dfed1fc95f1b596 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d3c6b0f48f126a36955b3fb4154a59d0b3621d97 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.20 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.114 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.57 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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