Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
s390/qeth: validate user buffer length in SNMP and ARP query ioctls
qeth_snmp_command() and qeth_l3_arp_query() allocate a buffer sized by a user-supplied length (udata_len) without checking a lower bound, then set udata_offset to a fixed non-zero value and pass both to a reply callback. The callback bounds-checks the copy with
if ((udata_len - udata_offset) < len)
Both fields are u32, so a udata_len smaller than udata_offset makes the subtraction wrap and the check pass, and the following memcpy() writes past the allocation. A udata_len of 0 also yields ZERO_SIZE_PTR from kzalloc(), which the existing NULL check does not catch.
Reject buffers smaller than udata_offset before allocating, so the callback subtraction can no longer underflow.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAffected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 4a71df50047f0db65ea09b1be155852e81a45eba, < 9d00eeb2d27f4cc817c5e408760226d43f811ec6; >= 4a71df50047f0db65ea09b1be155852e81a45eba, < 46443eaddebd84c51940857b11787229be169dec; >= 4a71df50047f0db65ea09b1be155852e81a45eba, < 91935843f9396a9e45253e2c0d4337ca1371754b; >= 4a71df50047f0db65ea09b1be155852e81a45eba, < cc423f4105fe145b33e1d7cad34245a798358f73; >= 4a71df50047f0db65ea09b1be155852e81a45eba, < 3083818e67bcd656965797fbac9a3d6c1d44f78a; >= 4a71df50047f0db65ea09b1be155852e81a45eba, < a3083647747942ea32faf14560d6397ff3068046; >= 4a71df50047f0db65ea09b1be155852e81a45eba, < 75fb3151513d7d9f77a8f9545418279b119c06b8; >= 4a71df50047f0db65ea09b1be155852e81a45eba, < d141f087b1af656f055d7c5793a3e87817ba0bbe |
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.26 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3083818e67bcd656965797fbac9a3d6c1d44f78a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46443eaddebd84c51940857b11787229be169dec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75fb3151513d7d9f77a8f9545418279b119c06b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91935843f9396a9e45253e2c0d4337ca1371754b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d00eeb2d27f4cc817c5e408760226d43f811ec6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3083647747942ea32faf14560d6397ff3068046
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc423f4105fe145b33e1d7cad34245a798358f73
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d141f087b1af656f055d7c5793a3e87817ba0bbe
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Received