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CVE-2022-49872

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Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2022
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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net: gso: fix panic on frag_list with mixed head alloc types

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: gso: fix panic on frag_list with mixed head alloc types Since commit 3dcbdb134f32 ("net: gso: Fix skb_segment splat when splitting gso_size mangled skb having linear-headed frag_list"), it is allowed to change gso_size of a GRO packet. However, that commit assumes that "checking the first list_skb member suffices; i.e if either of the list_skb members have non head_frag head, then the first one has too". It turns out this assumption does not hold. We've seen BUG_ON being hit in skb_segment when skbs on the frag_list had differing head_frag with the vmxnet3 driver. This happens because __netdev_alloc_skb and __napi_alloc_skb can return a skb that is page backed or kmalloced depending on the requested size. As the result, the last small skb in the GRO packet can be kmalloced. There are three different locations where this can be fixed: (1) We could check head_frag in GRO and not allow GROing skbs with different head_frag. However, that would lead to performance regression on normal forward paths with unmodified gso_size, where !head_frag in the last packet is not a problem. (2) Set a flag in bpf_skb_net_grow and bpf_skb_net_shrink indicating that NETIF_F_SG is undesirable. That would need to eat a bit in sk_buff. Furthermore, that flag can be unset when all skbs on the frag_list are page backed. To retain good performance, bpf_skb_net_grow/shrink would have to walk the frag_list. (3) Walk the frag_list in skb_segment when determining whether NETIF_F_SG should be cleared. This of course slows things down. This patch implements (3). To limit the performance impact in skb_segment, the list is walked only for skbs with SKB_GSO_DODGY set that have gso_size changed. Normal paths thus will not hit it. We could check only the last skb but since we need to walk the whole list anyway, let's stay on the safe side.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

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Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
162a5a8c3aff15c449e6b38355cdf80ab4f77a5aaffectedgit5876b7f249a1ecbbcc8e35072c3828d6526d1c3aUnavailableNone listed
55fb612bef7fd237fb70068e2b6ff1cd1543a8efaffectedgit0a9f56e525ea871d3950b90076912f5c7494f00fUnavailableNone listed
821302dd0c51d29269ef73a595bdff294419e2cdaffectedgitbd5362e58721e4d0d1a37796593bd6e51536ce7aUnavailableNone listed
3dcbdb134f329842a38f0e6797191b885ab00a00affectedgit65ad047fd83502447269fda8fd26c99077a9af47UnavailableNone listed
3dcbdb134f329842a38f0e6797191b885ab00a00affectedgit50868de7dc4e7f0fcadd6029f32bf4387c102ee6UnavailableNone listed
3dcbdb134f329842a38f0e6797191b885ab00a00affectedgitad25a115f50800c6847e0d841c5c7992a9f7c1b3UnavailableNone listed
3dcbdb134f329842a38f0e6797191b885ab00a00affectedgit598d9e30927b15731e83797fbd700ecf399f42ddUnavailableNone listed
3dcbdb134f329842a38f0e6797191b885ab00a00affectedgit9e4b7a99a03aefd37ba7bb1f022c8efab5019165UnavailableNone listed
92984818ff8cfd97311a5e0ac27f148a00df2b54affectedgitUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
4.9.194affectedsemver4.9.334UnavailableNone listed
4.14.145affectedsemver4.14.300UnavailableNone listed
4.19.74affectedsemver4.19.267UnavailableNone listed
5.2.16affectedsemver5.3UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
5.3affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver5.3UnavailableNone listed
4.9.334unaffectedsemverUnavailable4.9.*None listed
4.14.300unaffectedsemverUnavailable4.14.*None listed
4.19.267unaffectedsemverUnavailable4.19.*None listed
5.4.225unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.4.*None listed
5.10.155unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.15.79unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
6.0.9unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.0.*None listed
6.1unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed