Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-74527octeontx2-af: Block VFs from clobbering special CGX PKIND state

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-74527
Debian:13linux6.12.115-2DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74527
Debian:14linux7.1.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1036.39UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74527

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 94d942c5fb970ac2166216838b278613decfa9a0 – before f24f7ce6fb2d1ae080a05371afddba30a3e0b91994d942c5fb970ac2166216838b278613decfa9a0 – before 1106b26e86ac1e7e4d1f634bcd532c5d44e6062094d942c5fb970ac2166216838b278613decfa9a0 – before 7e888d7dd11519330ba6c6a28391d55891463a6a94d942c5fb970ac2166216838b278613decfa9a0 – before a76243488740a07c81c9adf431685bb7f7c31d8c94d942c5fb970ac2166216838b278613decfa9a0 – before d3c6b0f48f126a36955b3fb4154a59d0b3621d9794d942c5fb970ac2166216838b278613decfa9a0 – before 3bd438a58e910db5dc369aa25dfed1fc95f1b596
Linux Linux 4.20

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