Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hinic3: Fix skb linearization mismatch and drop skb when skb_checksum_help() failed
Previously, hinic3_send_one_skb() cached the skb fragment count before calling hinic3_tx_offload(). If hinic3_tx_csum() falls back to skb_checksum_help() for unsupported tunnel packets, the skb may be linearized. Continuing to build the TX descriptor with the stale fragment count leads to a descriptor mismatch, which can trigger out-of-bounds DMA reads or IOMMU faults.
Furthermore, the old code ignored the return value of skb_checksum_help(), transmitting corrupted packets with incomplete checksums upon failure.
Fix this by: 1. Moving the hinic3_tx_offload() call before calculating 'num_sge' to ensure the correct fragment count is used if the SKB is linearized. 2. Propagating skb_checksum_help() errors and returning HINIC3_TX_OFFLOAD_INVALID to properly drop the skb.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HAffected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 17fcb3dc12bbee8ec3e32ca1f60898f252e06b2d, < e794cdc5c369c1b06359e2fe03a8d9270f56bead; >= 17fcb3dc12bbee8ec3e32ca1f60898f252e06b2d, < 96c3959770386b2913c62005f0d0c3151e0c01c3; >= 17fcb3dc12bbee8ec3e32ca1f60898f252e06b2d, < d0c2bed6927cbfa2cb51f240b4812bf6916bce0e |
| Linux | Linux | 6.16 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 19, 2026
- NVD status
- Received