CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-23172
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-02-14
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401, CWE-787
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: wwan: t7xx: fix potential skb->frags overflow in RX path
When receiving data in the DPMAIF RX path,
the t7xx_dpmaif_set_frag_to_skb() function adds
page fragments to an skb without checking if the number of
fragments has exceeded MAX_SKB_FRAGS. This could lead to a buffer overflow
in skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[] array, corrupting adjacent memory and
potentially causing kernel crashes or other undefined behavior.
This issue was identified through static code analysis by comparing with a
similar vulnerability fixed in the mt76 driver commit b102f0c522cf ("mt76:
fix array overflow on receiving too many fragments for a packet").
The vulnerability could be triggered if the modem firmware sends packets
with excessive fragments. While under normal protocol conditions (MTU 3080
bytes, BAT buffer 3584 bytes),
a single packet should not require additional
fragments, the kernel should not blindly trust firmware behavior.
Malicious, buggy, or compromised firmware could potentially craft packets
with more fragments than the kernel expects.
Fix this by adding a bounds check before calling skb_add_rx_frag() to
ensure nr_frags does not exceed MAX_SKB_FRAGS.
The check must be performed before unmapping to avoid a page leak
and double DMA unmap during device teardown.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.19 < 6.1.162)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.123)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.69)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.9)
• linux linux kernel 6.19
Related
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a0522f564acd34442652ea083091c329fa7c5d5 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c0fb0f60bc1545c52da61bc6bd4855c1e7814ba Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af4b8577d0b388cc3d0039eb0cdd9ca5bbbc9276 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0813bcd2d9d97fdbdf2efb9532ab03ae92e99e6 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9747a7521a48afded5bff2faf1f2dcfff48c577 Patch