Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-net: fix len check in receive_big() receive_big() bounds the device-announced length by (big_packets_num_skbfrags + 1) * PAGE_SIZE. That is still too loose: add_recvbuf_big() sets sg[1] to start at offset sizeof(struct padded_vnet_hdr) into the first page, so the chain actually carries hdr_len + (PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(padded_vnet_hdr)) + big_packets_num_skbfrags * PAGE_SIZE bytes -- 20 bytes less than the check allows for the common hdr_len == 12 case. A malicious virtio backend can announce a len in that gap. page_to_skb() then walks one frag past the page chain, storing a NULL page->private into skb_shinfo()->frags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS], which is both an out-of-bounds write past the static frag array and a NULL frag handed up the rx path. Bound len by the size add_recvbuf_big() actually advertised.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/38e94d63e29f4a5c6eae87ee2c02101aaa321502 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e5ad06ea826322ce8c58b4a68442a96f600c3c4 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7fc9adf4e006155f7f2aeda052fbcde25cdcc49 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6b8463b7d791f3886d7584259d6e9f06a69f12e Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9451d0fd5ba635dcabb49bfe456a6db734a8986 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbeb65154583879d556ea94cb2f15888e9470f3d Patch
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html Third Party Advisory
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html Third Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.4
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 4 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-787
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