# bnxt_en: fix DMA mapping length for padded small packets

CVE record · `CVE-2026-99081`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-99081`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 23 Oct 2026, 12:23 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before 0f347e00d060dc0bf3b2d0ee041206e54848c233` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before b3fd0177cf18a6ac98d41af80b4040010ea40f4d` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before 3a5d8465e73aff3c7d1ec38261dcaaa317367467` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before cf8530a25ae92c4493e2f22981ecb46f0b66f4c8` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before 2956aca14dd2977cd08bd2ccafae3beb8b84b268` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before fbd977e513971ccb4f0762a7f59eac500e474f89` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before 5213f65a9667d3dd85db2e6df8f2e0516290db34` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before a51d233ccd4889aadb71dace863525cc2b00271e` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.4`
  - unaffected: `before 4.4` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.113 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.57 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.11 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0052, the 44th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 23 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-99081](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99081)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-99081](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99081)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f347e00d060dc0bf3b2d0ee041206e54848c233>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3fd0177cf18a6ac98d41af80b4040010ea40f4d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5d8465e73aff3c7d1ec38261dcaaa317367467>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf8530a25ae92c4493e2f22981ecb46f0b66f4c8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2956aca14dd2977cd08bd2ccafae3beb8b84b268>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbd977e513971ccb4f0762a7f59eac500e474f89>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5213f65a9667d3dd85db2e6df8f2e0516290db34>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a51d233ccd4889aadb71dace863525cc2b00271e>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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