# CVE-2026-23377: ice: change XDP RxQ frag_size from DMA write length to xdp.frame_sz

> A flaw in the Linux kernel ice driver allows attackers to trigger a kernel panic via specific XDP packet configurations, causing denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 25 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-80577, BELL-CVE-2026-23377, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23377, GHSA-r46f-q3f8-wrrg, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-23377, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-23377, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23377

## What is CVE-2026-23377?

CVE-2026-23377 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

ice: change XDP RxQ frag_size from DMA write length to xdp.frame_sz

The only user of frag_size field in XDP RxQ info is
bpf_xdp_frags_increase_tail(). It clearly expects whole buff size instead
of DMA write size. Different assumptions in ice driver configuration lead
to negative tailroom.

This allows to trigger kernel panic, when using
XDP_ADJUST_TAIL_GROW_MULTI_BUFF xskxceiver test and changing packet size to
6912 and the requested offset to a huge value, e.g.
XSK_UMEM__MAX_FRAME_SIZE * 100.

Due to other quirks of the ZC configuration in ice, panic is not observed
in ZC mode, but tailroom growing still fails when it should not.

Use fill queue buffer truesize instead of DMA write size in XDP RxQ info.
Fix ZC mode too by using the new helper.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-23377?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-23377?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-23377 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-23377 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-23377 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23377/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23377/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23377
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23377
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23377

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23377/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.