Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: lan743x: fix RX checksum use-after-free lan743x_rx_process_buffer() adds each non-first receive buffer to the head skb's frag_list. On the last descriptor, lan743x_rx_trim_skb() linearizes the head and frees the fragment skb metadata. The checksum-success path then writes ip_summed through the local skb pointer, which still points to the final fragment. This causes a use-after-free write when a packet spans more than one receive buffer. Set ip_summed on the surviving head skb instead. Multi-buffer receive can occur after a live MTU increase because existing ring entries keep their old buffer size until they are replenished. A KUnit test invoking lan743x_rx_process_buffer() with a two-buffer packet produced a one-byte KASAN use-after-free write before this change. The same test passed after the change. The driver object also builds with W=1. This was not tested on physical LAN743x hardware.
References6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e52886c4324c9897c2c62f92be3dc8316cee67e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/161a403c8625e152de03d1da22bbf9cda6dc9f9f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c216bfa9fb7b36804485e67975e9c98055b31ef
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fe5c3a2503983abb431d93faeadfc7f5e6a7e33
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a58024835c704419bb46d2a34e5223f65605f958
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9ce4053dc945c5372dedba5017ee675b30dc0c5
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.1
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 38 · as of 10 November 2026
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