igb: cope with large MAX_SKB_FRAGS

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-45030
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-09-11 16:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-08-04 11:20:13 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: cope with large MAX_SKB_FRAGS Sabrina reports that the igb driver does not cope well with large MAX_SKB_FRAG values: setting MAX_SKB_FRAG to 45 causes payload corruption on TX. An easy reproducer is to run ssh to connect to the machine. With MAX_SKB_FRAGS=17 it works, with MAX_SKB_FRAGS=45 it fails. This has been reported originally in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265320 The root cause of the issue is that the driver does not take into account properly the (possibly large) shared info size when selecting the ring layout, and will try to fit two packets inside the same 4K page even when the 1st fraglist will trump over the 2nd head. Address the issue by checking if 2K buffers are insufficient.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-787

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 3948b05950fdd64002a5f182c65ba5cf2d53cf71 8ea80ff5d8298356d28077bc30913ed37df65109 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 3948b05950fdd64002a5f182c65ba5cf2d53cf71 b52bd8bcb9e8ff250c79b44f9af8b15cae8911ab git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 3948b05950fdd64002a5f182c65ba5cf2d53cf71 8aba27c4a5020abdf60149239198297f88338a8d git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.4 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.4 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.6.48 6.6.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.10.7 6.10.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.11 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/8aba27c4a5020abdf60149239198297f88338a8d 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/b52bd8bcb9e8ff250c79b44f9af8b15cae8911ab 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ea80ff5d8298356d28077bc30913ed37df65109 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
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