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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48744

HighCVSS 7.8 / 10
Published Jun 20, 2024·Last modified Jun 15, 2026
Affected Components(0)

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Avoid field-overflowing memcpy() In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time field bounds checking for memcpy(), memmove(), and memset(), avoid intentionally writing across neighboring fields. Use flexible arrays instead of zero-element arrays (which look like they are always overflowing) and split the cross-field memcpy() into two halves that can be appropriately bounds-checked by the compiler. We were doing: #define ETH_HLEN 14 #define VLAN_HLEN 4 ... #define MLX5E_XDP_MIN_INLINE (ETH_HLEN + VLAN_HLEN) ... struct mlx5e_tx_wqe *wqe = mlx5_wq_cyc_get_wqe(wq, pi); ... struct mlx5_wqe_eth_seg *eseg = &wqe->eth; struct mlx5_wqe_data_seg dseg = wqe->data; ... memcpy(eseg->inline_hdr.start, xdptxd->data, MLX5E_XDP_MIN_INLINE); target is wqe->eth.inline_hdr.start (which the compiler sees as being 2 bytes in size), but copying 18, intending to write across start (really vlan_tci, 2 bytes). The remaining 16 bytes get written into wqe->data[0], covering byte_count (4 bytes), lkey (4 bytes), and addr (8 bytes). struct mlx5e_tx_wqe { struct mlx5_wqe_ctrl_seg ctrl; / 0 16 / struct mlx5_wqe_eth_seg eth; / 16 16 / struct mlx5_wqe_data_seg data[]; / 32 0 / / size: 32, cachelines: 1, members: 3 / / last cacheline: 32 bytes / }; struct mlx5_wqe_eth_seg { u8 swp_outer_l4_offset; / 0 1 / u8 swp_outer_l3_offset; / 1 1 / u8 swp_inner_l4_offset; / 2 1 / u8 swp_inner_l3_offset; / 3 1 / u8 cs_flags; / 4 1 / u8 swp_flags; / 5 1 / __be16 mss; / 6 2 / __be32 flow_table_metadata; / 8 4 / union { struct { __be16 sz; / 12 2 / u8 start[2]; / 14 2 / } inline_hdr; / 12 4 / struct { __be16 type; / 12 2 / __be16 vlan_tci; / 14 2 / } insert; / 12 4 / __be32 trailer; / 12 4 / }; / 12 4 / / size: 16, cachelines: 1, members: 9 / / last cacheline: 16 bytes / }; struct mlx5_wqe_data_seg { __be32 byte_count; / 0 4 / __be32 lkey; / 4 4 / __be64 addr; / 8 8 / / size: 16, cachelines: 1, members: 3 / / last cacheline: 16 bytes */ }; So, split the memcpy() so the compiler can reason about the buffer sizes. "pahole" shows no size nor member offset changes to struct mlx5e_tx_wqe nor struct mlx5e_umr_wqe. "objdump -d" shows no meaningful object code changes (i.e. only source line number induced differences and optimizations).

Risk Scores
Base Score
7.8

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
7.1

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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