GHSA-j6pg-f87q-4363CriticalCVSS 9.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: cortina:...

Published
July 19, 2026
Last Modified
July 20, 2026

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📋 Description

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

net: ethernet: cortina: Carry over frag counter

The gmac_rx() NAPI poll function assembles packets in an SKB from a ring buffer.

If the ring buffer gets completely emptied during a poll cycle, we exit gmac_rx(), but the packet is not yet completely assembled in the SKB, yet the fragment counter frag_nr is reset to zero on the next invocation.

Solve this by making the RX fragment counter a part of the port struct, and carry it over between invocations.

Reset the fragment counter only right after calling napi_gro_frags(), on error (after calling napi_free_frags()) or if stopping the port.

Reset it in some place where not strictly necessary just to emphasize what is going on.

This was found by Sashiko during normal patch review.

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