Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: reject non zerocopy devmem tx
Devmem tcp tx doesn't work without zero-copy, however it's not currently enforced if NETIF_F_SG isn't present. In this case, tcp_sendmsg_locked() will try the copy path and try to copy data from an iovec which consists of offsets into the dma-buf and would normally fail. Moreover, d9c56501c72fd ("net: tcp: block mixing readable and unreadable frags") relies on that and assumes that the devmem binding is present IFF we're using the zero-copy path, which can be used to mix net-iov and pages in a single skb, and break invariants. Let's reject devmem tx without zero-copy.
Note, the parameter check the patch is modifying is too loose, we can create an io_uring request with dmabuf_id and all ZC flags, but which won't have the binding. We replace it with stricter validation.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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 | >= bd61848900bff597764238f3a8ec67c815cd316e, < 2151b2bcf6fcec52665f606eed20da068447f0b7; >= bd61848900bff597764238f3a8ec67c815cd316e, < b04326c7927af7048fd4e730f5770cca350d0a60; >= bd61848900bff597764238f3a8ec67c815cd316e, < 125755776bc6d4dd53eaf551c87e3d460625d638 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.16 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 19, 2026
- NVD status
- Received