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GHSA-RV8G-6VR7-CV64

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-16 15:32 – Updated: 2025-12-02 21:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bnxt_en: Fix memory corruption when FW resources change during ifdown

bnxt_set_dflt_rings() assumes that it is always called before any TC has been created. So it doesn't take bp->num_tc into account and assumes that it is always 0 or 1.

In the FW resource or capability change scenario, the FW will return flags in bnxt_hwrm_if_change() that will cause the driver to reinitialize and call bnxt_cancel_reservations(). This will lead to bnxt_init_dflt_ring_mode() calling bnxt_set_dflt_rings() and bp->num_tc may be greater than 1. This will cause bp->tx_ring[] to be sized too small and cause memory corruption in bnxt_alloc_cp_rings().

Fix it by properly scaling the TX rings by bp->num_tc in the code paths mentioned above. Add 2 helper functions to determine bp->tx_nr_rings and bp->tx_nr_rings_per_tc.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2025-39810 (GCVE-0-2025-39810)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-16 13:00 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:05

Title

bnxt_en: Fix memory corruption when FW resources change during ifdown

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Fix memory corruption when FW resources change during ifdown bnxt_set_dflt_rings() assumes that it is always called before any TC has been created. So it doesn't take bp->num_tc into account and assumes that it is always 0 or 1. In the FW resource or capability change scenario, the FW will return flags in bnxt_hwrm_if_change() that will cause the driver to reinitialize and call bnxt_cancel_reservations(). This will lead to bnxt_init_dflt_ring_mode() calling bnxt_set_dflt_rings() and bp->num_tc may be greater than 1. This will cause bp->tx_ring[] to be sized too small and cause memory corruption in bnxt_alloc_cp_rings(). Fix it by properly scaling the TX rings by bp->num_tc in the code paths mentioned above. Add 2 helper functions to determine bp->tx_nr_rings and bp->tx_nr_rings_per_tc.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-14 18:14 UTC

CWE

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d00e98977ef519280…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ab6a9950f152e094…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2747328ba2714f1a7…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: ec5d31e3c15d5233b491400133c67f78a320062c , < d00e98977ef519280b075d783653e2c492fffbb6 (git) Affected: ec5d31e3c15d5233b491400133c67f78a320062c , < 9ab6a9950f152e094395d2e3967f889857daa185 (git) Affected: ec5d31e3c15d5233b491400133c67f78a320062c , < 2747328ba2714f1a7454208dbbc1dc0631990b4a (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.4 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.4 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.45 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.16.5 , ≤ 6.16.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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