CVE-2024-56638

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Deshabilite bh y realice tres comprobaciones antes de restaurar los desplazamientos de encabezado interno percpu para validar que el \u00e1rea percpu sea v\u00e1lida para este skbuff: 1) Si el indicador NFT_PKTINFO_INNER_FULL est\u00e1 activado, este skbuff ya se ha analizado antes para que la obtenci\u00f3n del encabezado interno se registre. 2) Valide que el \u00e1rea percpu haga referencia a este skbuff usando el puntero skbuff como una cookie. Si hay una discrepancia de cookies, este skbuff debe analizarse nuevamente. 3) Finalmente, valide si el \u00e1rea percpu hace referencia a este tipo de t\u00fanel. Solo despu\u00e9s de estas tres comprobaciones, el \u00e1rea percpu se restaura a una copia en la pila y bh se habilita nuevamente. 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