MOKSHA-2026-0076 (moksha-2026-0076)

Vulnerability from moksha – Published: 2026-04-24 06:00 – Updated:
VLAI?
Title
Network Offload Disablement via PIF.other_config ethtool Keys
Summary
A pool-operator in XAPI-based hypervisors (XenServer, XCP-ng) can disable NIC hardware offload features on any physical interface by writing ethtool-gro=off, ethtool-tso=off, etc. to PIF.other_config. These keys are consumed at nm.ml:45-110 and applied via xcp-networkd. Disabling offloads forces software packet processing, degrading performance for all VMs and management traffic. The ethtool-gro key overrides the PIF.properties:gro first-class field via a backward compatibility path. PIF.other_config has zero map_keys_roles entries and highest merge precedence in the other_config chain.
CWE
  • CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Impacted products
Credits
Jakob Wolffhechel, Moksha
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          "vendor": "Cloud Software Group",
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            }
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        },
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        }
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        "dateUpdated": "2026-04-24T06:00:00Z",
        "orgId": "moksha.dk",
        "shortName": "Moksha"
      },
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          "url": "https://cna.moksha.dk/MOKSHA-2026-0076"
        }
      ],
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    "x_moksha_note": "Self-issued advisory. MOKSHA-2026-NNNN is not a MITRE CVE ID. Schema follows CVE JSON 5.1 for tooling compatibility. alternateIds contains GCVE cross-references (GNA #117) and will also carry MITRE CVE IDs if assigned."
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