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The power virtual fibre channel tag covers discussions about the ibmvfc driver for IBM Power systems, including security vulnerabilities like CVE-2026-31464, which involves a kernel memory leak due to an unchecked num_written count in the VIO server's discover-targets MAD response. Topics include out-of-bounds access, kernel memory disclosure, and upstream fixes. This tag is relevant for enterprise IT professionals managing IBM Power virtualization and fibre channel storage.
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    CVE-2026-31464: IBM Power ibmvfc Kernel Leak via Unchecked num_written Count

    A newly published Linux kernel CVE is drawing attention for a familiar but dangerous reason: a trusted control path accepted attacker-controlled data without enforcing a hard ceiling. In CVE-2026-31464, the ibmvfc driver can take a num_written value from a VIO server’s discover-targets MAD...
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