Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: xilinx: axienet: Fix BQL accounting for multi-BD TX packets
When a TX packet spans multiple buffer descriptors (scatter-gather), axienet_free_tx_chain sums the per-BD actual length from descriptor status into a caller-provided accumulator. That sum is reset on each NAPI poll. If the BDs for a single packet complete across different polls, the earlier bytes are lost and never credited to BQL. This causes BQL to think bytes are permanently in-flight, eventually stalling the TX queue.
The SKB pointer is stored only on the last BD of a packet. When that BD completes, use skb->len for the byte count instead of summing per-BD status lengths. This matches netdev_sent_queue(), which debits skb->len, and naturally survives across polls because no partial packet contributes to the accumulator.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= c900e49d58eb32b192b6d200ace4ae3ab89779d4, < 2a0323a913109b52bfc9f5ea7b92a1b249e07d3e; >= c900e49d58eb32b192b6d200ace4ae3ab89779d4, < 3c3a6b9020c01fde7b22e8550105de0b59904f61; >= c900e49d58eb32b192b6d200ace4ae3ab89779d4, < d1978d03e86785872871bff9c2623174b10740de |
| Linux | Linux | 6.15 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- May 1, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 11, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed