Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmgenet: Add a check for oversized packets Occasionnaly we may get oversized packets from the hardware which exceed the nomimal 2KiB buffer size we allocate SKBs with. Add an early check which drops the packet to avoid invoking skb_over_panic() and move on to processing the next packet.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/124ca24e0de958d2e20e0aa1e2434af7b72f8887 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/411317d2a4a7d6049d8efeef0d32ae43f8baefce Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0862c2c962052ed5055220a00ac1cefb92fbcd Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f56767fb5f2df875b6553e08dbec6a45431c988 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cdb07e10c1258c08f31b24898930e4ece88d163 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/841881320562cbeac7046b537b91cd000480cea2 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/87363d1ab55e497702a9506ff423c422639c8a25 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34b1c0870323649d45c5074828d7f754dea2673 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 15 · as of 9 November 2026
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