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CVE-2026-68129: 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.

HighCVSS 7.5Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
High
CVSS
7.5 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Timestamp
Version
2.0.3
Exploitation: noneAutomatable: yesTechnical Impact: partial

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ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
7.5CVSS 3.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H3.93.6Linux

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Base CVSS 3.1 score

7.5High
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2026-68129Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
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LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

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VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
LinuxLinux9b8dd5e5ea48bbb7532d20c4093a79d8283e4029, 9b8dd5e5ea48bbb7532d20c4093a79d8283e4029, 9b8dd5e5ea48bbb7532d20c4093a79d8283e4029, 9b8dd5e5ea48bbb7532d20c4093a79d8283e4029, 9b8dd5e5ea48bbb7532d20c4093a79d8283e4029, 9b8dd5e5ea48bbb7532d20c4093a79d8283e4029, 9b8dd5e5ea48bbb7532d20c4093a79d8283e4029unaffected
LinuxLinux5.14, 0, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.151, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2affected
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