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CVE-2026-99192

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the bcmgenet driver stores first_cb, last_cb and bytes_sent in the skb control block and reads them back on completion. Because ether_setup() leaves IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING set, the stack can resubmit a shared skb still in the ring, overwriting last_cb so earlier slots complete without crediting their bytes, stalling the BQL queue until the watchdog resets it.

Risk Assessment

This can stall the transmit queue and cause periodic network throughput loss on devices using this driver. In extreme cases transmission hangs until the watchdog resets the queue.

Recommendation

Update the kernel to a version containing the fix that unshares the skb before writing the control block. Until then, avoid configurations that share skbs in transmit (e.g., clone_skb in pktgen).

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmgenet: unshare the skb before writing the control block bcmgenet stores first_cb, last_cb and bytes_sent in the skb control block and reads them back on completion to free the skb and credit BQL. ether_setup() leaves IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING set, so the stack can resubmit a shared skb that is still in the ring. The next transmit overwrites last_cb, so the earlier slots complete without crediting their bytes and BQL stalls the queue until the watchdog resets it. Unshare the skb before writing the control block. Reproduce with pktgen in clone_skb mode, which hands the driver the same skb while earlier copies are still in the ring: modprobe pktgen pg=/proc/net/pktgen echo "add_device eth0" > $pg/kpktgend_0 echo "dst_mac AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF" > $pg/eth0 echo "dst 192.0.2.1" > $pg/eth0 echo "clone_skb 8" > $pg/eth0 echo "count 0" > $pg/eth0 echo start > $pg/pgctrl & sleep 5 echo stop > $pg/pgctrl wait cat /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/tx-0/byte_queue_limits/inflight inflight stays nonzero on the now idle queue. clone_skb 0 leaves it at zero.

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