CVE-2022-48647

sfc: fix TX channel offset when using legacy interrupts

Published Apr 28, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sfc: fix TX channel offset when using legacy interrupts

In legacy interrupt mode the tx_channel_offset was hardcoded to 1, but
that's not correct if efx_sepparate_tx_channels is false. In that case,
the offset is 0 because the tx queues are in the single existing channel
at index 0, together with the rx queue.

Without this fix, as soon as you try to send any traffic, it tries to
get the tx queues from an uninitialized channel getting these errors:
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 0 at drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tx.c:540 efx_hard_start_xmit+0x12e/0x170 [sfc]
[...]
RIP: 0010:efx_hard_start_xmit+0x12e/0x170 [sfc]
[...]
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
dev_hard_start_xmit+0xd7/0x230
sch_direct_xmit+0x9f/0x360
__dev_queue_xmit+0x890/0xa40
[...]
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000020
[...]
RIP: 0010:efx_hard_start_xmit+0x153/0x170 [sfc]
[...]
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
dev_hard_start_xmit+0xd7/0x230
sch_direct_xmit+0x9f/0x360
__dev_queue_xmit+0x890/0xa40
[...]

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 23, 2026, 3:20 PM
Reserved
Feb 25, 2024, 1:44 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 28, 2024, 1:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:15 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Apr 28, 2024, 12:00 AM