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CVE-2026-68129: Linux kernel network driver can stop receiving packets

CVE-2026-68129 · published 2 months ago
Summary

The Google Virtual Ethernet (gve) driver in the Linux kernel may stop processing incoming network traffic when the system runs out of memory while trying to refill its receive buffers. This can cause network traffic to be dropped and the connection to appear frozen until the issue is fixed. Updating to a kernel version that includes the new recovery timer resolves the problem.

What to do
  • Update debian linux to version 6.12.101-1.
  • Update debian linux to version 7.1.6-1.
  • Update debian linux-6.12 to version 6.12.101-1~deb12u1.
  • Update debian linux to version 6.1.187-1.
  • Update linux kernel to version 7.1.6.
  • Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.1.189-r0.
  • Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.12.103-r0.
  • Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.18.43-r0.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1117.124~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1123.132~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1122.131~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1118.128~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-hwe-5.15 to version 5.15.0-198.208~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1111.115~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iotg-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1112.118~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 to version 5.15.0-195.205~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux to version 5.15.0-198.208.
  • Update canonical linux-aws to version 5.15.0-1117.124.
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 5.15.0-1123.132.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde to version 5.15.0-1122.131.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp to version 5.15.0-1118.128.
  • Update canonical linux-gke to version 5.15.0-1113.119.
  • Update canonical linux-gkeop to version 5.15.0-1100.108.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm to version 5.15.0-1111.115.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iotg to version 5.15.0-1112.118.
  • Update canonical linux-kvm to version 5.15.0-1109.114.
  • Update canonical linux-lowlatency to version 5.15.0-195.205.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 5.15.0-1114.120.
  • Update canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp to version 5.15.0-1080.84.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime to version 5.15.0-1109.111.
  • Update canonical linux-realtime to version 5.15.0-1116.125.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-fips to version 5.15.0-1117.124+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fips to version 5.15.0-1123.132+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-fips to version 5.15.0-198.208+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-fips to version 5.15.0-1118.128+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-tegra to version 6.8.0-1036.39.
  • Update canonical linux to version 7.0.0-38.38.
  • Update canonical linux-aws to version 7.0.0-1014.14.
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 7.0.0-1017.17.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde to version 7.0.0-1016.16.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp to version 7.0.0-1014.14.
  • Update canonical linux-gke to version 7.0.0-1008.9.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm to version 7.0.0-1015.15.
  • Update canonical linux-oem-7.0 to version 7.0.0-1015.15.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 7.0.0-1013.13.
  • Update canonical linux-realtime to version 7.0.0-38.38.1.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia to version 5.15.0-1112.113.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-7.0 to version 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-7.0 to version 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde-7.0 to version 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-7.0 to version 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-hwe-7.0 to version 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle-7.0 to version 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-riscv-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1111.115~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-bluefield to version 5.15.0-1101.103.
  • Update canonical linux to version 6.8.0-147.147.
  • Update canonical linux-aws to version 6.8.0-1067.70.
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 6.8.0-1071.79.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde to version 6.8.0-1069.76.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp to version 6.8.0-1071.79.
  • Update canonical linux-gke to version 6.8.0-1066.74.
  • Update canonical linux-gkeop to version 6.8.0-1052.56.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm to version 6.8.0-1067.68.
  • Update canonical linux-lowlatency to version 6.8.0-147.147.1.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 6.8.0-1064.67.
  • Update canonical linux-riscv-7.0 to version 7.0.0-38.38.1~24.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-bluefield to version 6.8.0-1033.38.
  • Update canonical linux-realtime to version 6.8.1-1062.63.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-fips to version 6.8.0-1067.70+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fips to version 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-fips to version 6.8.0-147.147+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-fips to version 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-riscv to version 7.0.0-38.38.1.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
Debian:12 debian linux < 6.1.187-1
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.187-1
Debian:13 debian linux < 6.12.101-1
Fix: upgrade to 6.12.101-1
Debian:14 debian linux < 7.1.6-1
Fix: upgrade to 7.1.6-1
Debian:12 debian linux-6.12 < 6.12.101-1~deb12u1
Fix: upgrade to 6.12.101-1~deb12u1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-edge All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.0 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-edge All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-4.15 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oem All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.0 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.15 < 5.15.0-1117.124~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1117.124~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.15 < 5.15.0-1123.132~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1123.132~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-5.15 < 5.15.0-1122.131~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1122.131~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.15 < 5.15.0-1118.128~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1118.128~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gke All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.15 < 5.15.0-198.208~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-198.208~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm-5.15 < 5.15.0-1111.115~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1111.115~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iotg-5.15 < 5.15.0-1112.118~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1112.118~20.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 < 5.15.0-195.205~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-195.205~20.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.10 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.14 All versions
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Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.6 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.15 < 5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi2 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.15 < 5.15.0-1111.115~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1111.115~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux < 5.15.0-198.208
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-198.208
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-allwinner-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws < 5.15.0-1117.124
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1117.124
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm < 5.15.0-1111.115
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1111.115
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iotg < 5.15.0-1112.118
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1112.118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm < 5.15.0-1109.114
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1109.114
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency < 5.15.0-195.205
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-195.205
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia < 5.15.0-1112.113
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1112.113
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-igx All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.17 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.0 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.1 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle < 5.15.0-1114.120
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1114.120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp < 5.15.0-1080.84
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1080.84
Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTS canonical linux-bluefield < 5.15.0-1101.103
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1101.103
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-7.0 < 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-7.0 < 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-7.0 < 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-nvidia All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-7.0 < 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-7.0 < 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-7.0 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-lowlatency All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-7.0 < 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-7.0 < 7.0.0-38.38.1~24.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-38.38.1~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-xilinx All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime-6.14 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime-6.17 All versions
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-bos All versions
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-7.0 < 7.0.0-1015.15
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1015.15
– linux linux < 299d5728a7312fdd02059b074aebbe4ebbd391e4
5.14
< 9db46e19e5d6bdcd4bf811284a5b0df1b984ef80
Linux linux kernel >= 6.19.0, < 7.1.6
Fix: upgrade to 7.1.6
Alpaquita:23 bellsoft linux-lts >= 6.1.182-r0, < 6.1.189-r0
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.189-r0
Alpaquita:25 bellsoft linux-lts >= 6.12.95-r0, < 6.12.103-r0
Fix: upgrade to 6.12.103-r0
Alpaquita:stream bellsoft linux-lts >= 6.18.38-r0, < 6.18.43-r0
Fix: upgrade to 6.18.43-r0
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure < 5.15.0-1123.132
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1123.132
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde < 5.15.0-1122.131
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1122.131
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp < 5.15.0-1118.128
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1118.128
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gke < 5.15.0-1113.119
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1113.119
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop < 5.15.0-1100.108
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1100.108
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime < 5.15.0-1109.111
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1109.111
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime < 5.15.0-1116.125
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1116.125
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips < 5.15.0-1117.124+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1117.124+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips < 5.15.0-1123.132+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1123.132+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS canonical linux-fips < 5.15.0-198.208+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-198.208+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips < 5.15.0-1118.128+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1118.128+fips1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra < 6.8.0-1036.39
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1036.39
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS canonical linux < 7.0.0-38.38
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-38.38
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS canonical linux-aws < 7.0.0-1014.14
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1014.14
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS canonical linux-azure < 7.0.0-1017.17
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1017.17
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde < 7.0.0-1016.16
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1016.16
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp < 7.0.0-1014.14
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1014.14
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS canonical linux-gke < 7.0.0-1008.9
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1008.9
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm < 7.0.0-1015.15
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1015.15
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle < 7.0.0-1013.13
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1013.13
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime < 7.0.0-38.38.1
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-38.38.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux < 6.8.0-147.147
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-147.147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-aws < 6.8.0-1067.70
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1067.70
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure < 6.8.0-1071.79
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1071.79
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde < 6.8.0-1069.76
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1069.76
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp < 6.8.0-1071.79
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1071.79
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gke < 6.8.0-1066.74
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1066.74
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop < 6.8.0-1052.56
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1052.56
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm < 6.8.0-1067.68
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1067.68
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency < 6.8.0-147.147.1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-147.147.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle < 6.8.0-1064.67
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1064.67
Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS canonical linux-bluefield < 6.8.0-1033.38
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1033.38
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime < 6.8.1-1062.63
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.1-1062.63
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips < 6.8.0-1067.70+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1067.70+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips < 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS canonical linux-fips < 6.8.0-147.147+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-147.147+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips < 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv < 7.0.0-38.38.1
Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-38.38.1
Original advisory text
gve: fix Rx queue stall on alloc failure
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: fix Rx queue stall on alloc failure When the system is under extreme memory pressure, page allocations can fail during the Rx buffer refill loop. If the number of buffers posted to hardware falls below a critical low threshold and the refill loop exits due to allocation failures, the queue can stall: 1. The device drops incoming packets because there are no descriptors. 2. Since no packets are processed, no Rx completions are generated. 3. Because no completions occur, NAPI is never scheduled, preventing the refill loop from running again even after memory is freed. This results in a permanent queue stall. Resolve this by introducing a starvation recovery timer for each Rx queue. If the number of buffers posted to hardware falls below a critical low threshold, start a timer to periodically reschedule NAPI. Once NAPI runs and successfully refills the queue above the threshold, the timer is not rescheduled. The threshold is set to 32 because a single maximum-sized Receive Segment Coalescing (RSC) packet can consume up to 19 descriptors in the Rx path. Lower thresholds (such as 8 or 16) would be insufficient to process a complete maximum-sized RSC packet, risking packet drops or unexpected hardware behavior under memory pressure. Setting the threshold to 32 guarantees a safe margin to handle at least one full RSC packet.
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Fix within
Internet-facing 14 days
Internal 60 days
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Can be exploited automatically
  • Gives an attacker partial control
Severity
7.5 High
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Type
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Timeline
Published10 Aug 2026
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen10 Aug 2026
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