net: ena: Add validation for completion descriptors consistency
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- How many real-world setups can hit the bug, from the vendor's advisory and CISA data. It does not know your setup.What do these mean? →
- Unclear
- Fix
- Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.9.7
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
The vulnerability affects the Linux kernel's driver for Amazon's Elastic Network Adapter (ENA), which handles network packet reception. An invalid or inconsistent completion descriptor could cause received multi-buffer packets to be corrupted, and the driver responds by resetting the device.
Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ena: Add validation for completion descriptors consistency Validate that `first` flag is set only for the first descriptor in multi-buffer packets. In case of an invalid descriptor, a reset will occur. A new reset reason for RX data corruption has been added.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
4.9
- KernelLinux
From 4.9.0 · fixed in 6.6.160; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.9.7