---
id: CVE-2026-80609
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  qede: fix out-of-bounds check for cqe->len_list[]

  Move index check before element access.
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  qede: fix out-of-bounds check for cqe->len_list[]

  Move index check before element access.
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
published: '2026-08-28'
updated: '2026-08-29'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80609'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aacefd074b5dcc99b8dbcd73e1c963ed5010110'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d203bdd227fca1787f8a80cf84b990936633c5a'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d46ab395803f162cdc50e8d346e5f1a4e766771'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b17751a2ebc4aef3ce6be6f71ee8df92bf5ddfcd'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd3a6a083b408e96437dbd86ff543ba9ec3a788b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e30af53dca803893a29eb3bbe0539752ba435410'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9ba47fce5932c15891c89c60e76dfaca919cb8d'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00509
epssPercentile: 0.42467
ingestedAt: '2026-08-29T23:43:56.079Z'
---

## Overview

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

qede: fix out-of-bounds check for cqe->len_list[]

Move index check before element access.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.