Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ethernet: cortina: Carry over frag counter
The gmac_rx() NAPI poll function assembles packets in an SKB from a ring buffer.
If the ring buffer gets completely emptied during a poll cycle, we exit gmac_rx(), but the packet is not yet completely assembled in the SKB, yet the fragment counter frag_nr is reset to zero on the next invocation.
Solve this by making the RX fragment counter a part of the port struct, and carry it over between invocations.
Reset the fragment counter only right after calling napi_gro_frags(), on error (after calling napi_free_frags()) or if stopping the port.
Reset it in some place where not strictly necessary just to emphasize what is going on.
This was found by Sashiko during normal patch review.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAffected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 19, 2026
- Last modified
- Sep 2, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed