CVE-2024-27026: vmxnet3: Fix missing reserved tailroom

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-05-01 · updated 2026-08-04

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vmxnet3: Fix missing reserved tailroom Use rbi->len instead of rcd->len for non-dataring packet. Found issue: XDP_WARN: xdp_update_frame_from_buff(line:278): Driver BUG: missing reserved tailroom WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at net/core/xdp.c:586 xdp_warn+0xf/0x20 CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W O 6.5.1 #1 RIP: 0010:xdp_warn+0xf/0x20 ... ? xdp_warn+0xf/0x20 xdp_do_redirect+0x15f/0x1c0 vmxnet3_run_xdp+0x17a/0x400 [vmxnet3] vmxnet3_process_xdp+0xe4/0x760 [vmxnet3] ? vmxnet3_tq_tx_complete.isra.0+0x21e/0x2c0 [vmxnet3] vmxnet3_rq_rx_complete+0x7ad/0x1120 [vmxnet3] vmxnet3_poll_rx_only+0x2d/0xa0 [vmxnet3] __napi_poll+0x20/0x180 net_rx_action+0x177/0x390

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.6 before 6.6.23; from 6.7 before 6.7.11; from 6.8 before 6.8.2 — fixed in 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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