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CVE-2022-49227
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igc: avoid kernel warning when changing RX ring parameters Calling ethtool changing the RX ring parameters like this: $ ethtool -G eth0 rx 1024 on igc triggers kernel warnings like this: [ 225.198467] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 225.198473] Missing unregister, handled but fix driver [ 225.198485] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 959 at net/core/xdp.c:168 xdp_rxq_info_reg+0x79/0xd0 [...] [ 225.198601] Call Trace: [ 225.198604] <TASK> [ 225.198609] igc_setup_rx_resources+0x3f/0xe0 [igc] [ 225.198617] igc_ethtool_set_ringparam+0x30e/0x450 [igc] [ 225.198626] ethnl_set_rings+0x18a/0x250 [ 225.198631] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xca/0x110 [ 225.198637] genl_rcv_msg+0xce/0x1c0 [ 225.198640] ? rings_prepare_data+0x60/0x60 [ 225.198644] ? genl_get_cmd+0xd0/0xd0 [ 225.198647] netlink_rcv_skb+0x4e/0xf0 [ 225.198652] genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 [ 225.198655] netlink_unicast+0x20e/0x330 [ 225.198659] netlink_sendmsg+0x23f/0x480 [ 225.198663] sock_sendmsg+0x5b/0x60 [ 225.198667] __sys_sendto+0xf0/0x160 [ 225.198671] ? handle_mm_fault+0xb2/0x280 [ 225.198676] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x1eb/0x690 [ 225.198680] __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30 [ 225.198683] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 [ 225.198687] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [ 225.198693] RIP: 0033:0x7f7ae38ac3aa igc_ethtool_set_ringparam() copies the igc_ring structure but neglects to reset the xdp_rxq_info member before calling igc_setup_rx_resources(). This in turn calls xdp_rxq_info_reg() with an already registered xdp_rxq_info. Make sure to unregister the xdp_rxq_info structure first in igc_setup_rx_resources.
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Assigning CNA
kernel.org
Date Record Created
20250226 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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