{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2022-48744", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-06-20T11:09:39.055Z", "datePublished": "2024-06-20T11:13:27.979Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T08:52:06.733Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T08:52:06.733Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Avoid field-overflowing memcpy()\n\nIn preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time\nfield bounds checking for memcpy(), memmove(), and memset(), avoid\nintentionally writing across neighboring fields.\n\nUse flexible arrays instead of zero-element arrays (which look like they\nare always overflowing) and split the cross-field memcpy() into two halves\nthat can be appropriately bounds-checked by the compiler.\n\nWe were doing:\n\n\t#define ETH_HLEN 14\n\t#define VLAN_HLEN 4\n\t...\n\t#define MLX5E_XDP_MIN_INLINE (ETH_HLEN + VLAN_HLEN)\n\t...\n struct mlx5e_tx_wqe *wqe = mlx5_wq_cyc_get_wqe(wq, pi);\n\t...\n struct mlx5_wqe_eth_seg *eseg = &wqe->eth;\n struct mlx5_wqe_data_seg *dseg = wqe->data;\n\t...\n\tmemcpy(eseg->inline_hdr.start, xdptxd->data, MLX5E_XDP_MIN_INLINE);\n\ntarget is wqe->eth.inline_hdr.start (which the compiler sees as being\n2 bytes in size), but copying 18, intending to write across start\n(really vlan_tci, 2 bytes). The remaining 16 bytes get written into\nwqe->data[0], covering byte_count (4 bytes), lkey (4 bytes), and addr\n(8 bytes).\n\nstruct mlx5e_tx_wqe {\n struct mlx5_wqe_ctrl_seg ctrl; /* 0 16 */\n struct mlx5_wqe_eth_seg eth; /* 16 16 */\n struct mlx5_wqe_data_seg data[]; /* 32 0 */\n\n /* size: 32, cachelines: 1, members: 3 */\n /* last cacheline: 32 bytes */\n};\n\nstruct mlx5_wqe_eth_seg {\n u8 swp_outer_l4_offset; /* 0 1 */\n u8 swp_outer_l3_offset; /* 1 1 */\n u8 swp_inner_l4_offset; /* 2 1 */\n u8 swp_inner_l3_offset; /* 3 1 */\n u8 cs_flags; /* 4 1 */\n u8 swp_flags; /* 5 1 */\n __be16 mss; /* 6 2 */\n __be32 flow_table_metadata; /* 8 4 */\n union {\n struct {\n __be16 sz; /* 12 2 */\n u8 start[2]; /* 14 2 */\n } inline_hdr; /* 12 4 */\n struct {\n __be16 type; /* 12 2 */\n __be16 vlan_tci; /* 14 2 */\n } insert; /* 12 4 */\n __be32 trailer; /* 12 4 */\n }; /* 12 4 */\n\n /* size: 16, cachelines: 1, members: 9 */\n /* last cacheline: 16 bytes */\n};\n\nstruct mlx5_wqe_data_seg {\n __be32 byte_count; /* 0 4 */\n __be32 lkey; /* 4 4 */\n __be64 addr; /* 8 8 */\n\n /* size: 16, cachelines: 1, members: 3 */\n /* last cacheline: 16 bytes */\n};\n\nSo, split the memcpy() so the compiler can reason about the buffer\nsizes.\n\n\"pahole\" shows no size nor member offset changes to struct mlx5e_tx_wqe\nnor struct mlx5e_umr_wqe. \"objdump -d\" shows no meaningful object\ncode changes (i.e. only source line number induced differences and\noptimizations)." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - On mlx5 hosts with an XDP program that returns XDP_TX/REDIRECT (common datacenter/CDN ConnectX deployments), received frames reach mlx5e_xdp_handle → mlx5e_xmit_xdp_buff → mlx5e_xmit_xdp_frame, so a remote peer triggers the memcpy via ordinary network packets.\nAC:L - When sq->min_inline_mode != MLX5_INLINE_MODE_NONE (typical ConnectX L2/vport inline requirement), every qualifying XDP TX deterministically executes the fixed 18-byte memcpy with no race or attacker-uncontrollable memory layout.\nPR:N - After XDP is already attached, the datapath runs in NAPI/RX context on unauthenticated ingress frames; the remote attacker needs no host credentials or capabilities to deliver packets that take the XDP_TX path.\nUI:N - No victim action such as mounting a filesystem or opening a crafted file is required; packet delivery alone exercises the path once XDP is configured.\nS:U - Any FORTIFY warning or panic remains inside the host kernel’s mlx5e TX WQE handling under the same OS security authority, with no VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or sandbox boundary crossing.\nC:N - The 18-byte copy is the intentional inline Ethernet header into the allocated WQE (start[2] plus the following data-segment slot that dseg++ then skips); there is no real out-of-bounds read or disclosure primitive, matching the commit’s “no meaningful object code changes.”\nI:N - This is not a heap overflow or write primitive—the bytes land in HW-inline payload space already accounted for in WQE sizing—so there is no integrity impact beyond the FORTIFY false-positive field-spanning pattern.\nA:H - Under CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE, memcpy into inline_hdr.start (compiler-visible size 2) with length MLX5E_XDP_MIN_INLINE (18) trips the field-spanning WARN_ONCE in fortify_memcpy_chk, which becomes a kernel panic when panic_on_warn is set (common on hardened/cloud hosts)." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h", "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "b5503b994ed5ed8dbfe821317e7b5b38acb065c5", "lessThan": "49bcbe531f79fc35bb10020f7695f9f01e4f0ca8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "b5503b994ed5ed8dbfe821317e7b5b38acb065c5", "lessThan": "8fbdf8c8b8ab82beab882175157650452c46493e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "b5503b994ed5ed8dbfe821317e7b5b38acb065c5", "lessThan": "ad5185735f7dab342fdd0dd41044da4c9ccfef67", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h", "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4.9", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.9", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.10.248", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.16.6", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.16.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.17", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.9", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.248" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.9", "versionEndExcluding": "5.16.6" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.9", "versionEndExcluding": "5.17" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49bcbe531f79fc35bb10020f7695f9f01e4f0ca8" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fbdf8c8b8ab82beab882175157650452c46493e" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad5185735f7dab342fdd0dd41044da4c9ccfef67" } ], "title": "net/mlx5e: Avoid field-overflowing memcpy()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T15:25:00.531Z" }, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fbdf8c8b8ab82beab882175157650452c46493e", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad5185735f7dab342fdd0dd41044da4c9ccfef67", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] } ] }, { "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2022-48744", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2024-09-10T17:10:38.103398Z" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-09-11T17:34:48.322Z" } } ] } }