In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bnxt_en: fix OOB access in DBG_BUF_PRODUCER async event handler

The ASYNC_EVENT_CMPL_EVENT_ID_DBG_BUF_PRODUCER handler in
bnxt_async_event_process() uses a firmware-supplied 'type' field
directly as an index into bp->bs_trace[] without bounds validation.

The 'type' field is a 16-bit value extracted from DMA-mapped completion
ring memory that the NIC writes directly to host RAM. A malicious or
compromised NIC can supply any value from 0 to 65535, causing an
out-of-bounds access into kernel heap memory.

The bnxt_bs_trace_check_wrap() call then dereferences bs_trace->magic_byte
and writes to bs_trace->last_offset and bs_trace->wrapped, leading to
kernel memory corruption or a crash.

Fix by adding a bounds check and defining BNXT_TRACE_MAX as
DBG_LOG_BUFFER_FLUSH_REQ_TYPE_ERR_QPC_TRACE + 1 to cover all currently
defined firmware trace types (0x0 through 0xc).
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Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: fix OOB access in DBG_BUF_PRODUCER async event handler The ASYNC_EVENT_CMPL_EVENT_ID_DBG_BUF_PRODUCER handler in bnxt_async_event_process() uses a firmware-supplied 'type' field directly as an index into bp->bs_trace[] without bounds validation. The 'type' field is a 16-bit value extracted from DMA-mapped completion ring memory that the NIC writes directly to host RAM. A malicious or compromised NIC can supply any value from 0 to 65535, causing an out-of-bounds access into kernel heap memory. The bnxt_bs_trace_check_wrap() call then dereferences bs_trace->magic_byte and writes to bs_trace->last_offset and bs_trace->wrapped, leading to kernel memory corruption or a crash. Fix by adding a bounds check and defining BNXT_TRACE_MAX as DBG_LOG_BUFFER_FLUSH_REQ_TYPE_ERR_QPC_TRACE + 1 to cover all currently defined firmware trace types (0x0 through 0xc).
Title bnxt_en: fix OOB access in DBG_BUF_PRODUCER async event handler
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-03T15:15:59.590Z

Reserved: 2026-03-09T15:48:24.085Z

Link: CVE-2026-31395

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-03T16:16:37.743

Modified: 2026-04-03T16:16:37.743

Link: CVE-2026-31395

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