Critical severity · published Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-31649
net: stmmac: fix integer underflow in chain mode
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: stmmac: fix integer underflow in chain mode
The jumbo_frm() chain-mode implementation unconditionally computes
len = nopaged_len - bmax;
where nopaged_len = skb_headlen(skb) (linear bytes only) and bmax is
BUF_SIZE_8KiB or BUF_SIZE_2KiB. However, the caller stmmac_xmit()
decides to invoke jumbo_frm() based on skb->len (total length including
page fragments):
is_jumbo = stmmac_is_jumbo_frm(priv, skb->len, enh_desc);
When a packet has a small linear portion (nopaged_len <= bmax) but a
large total length due to page fragments (skb->len > bmax), the
subtraction wraps as an unsigned integer, producing a huge len value
(~0xFFFFxxxx). This causes the while (len != 0) loop to execute
hundreds of thousands of iterations, passing skb->data + bmax * i
pointers far beyond the skb buffer to dma_map_single(). On IOMMU-less
SoCs (the typical deployment for stmmac), this maps arbitrary kernel
memory to the DMA engine, constituting a kernel memory disclosure and
potential memory corruption from hardware.
Fix this by introducing a buf_len local variable clamped to
min(nopaged_len, bmax). Computing len = nopaged_len - buf_len is then
always safe: it is zero when the linear portion fits within a single
descriptor, causing the while (len != 0) loop to be skipped naturally,
and the fragment loop in stmmac_xmit() handles page fragments afterward.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.2.1 before 5.10.253; 5.11 before 5.15.203; 5.16 before 6.1.169; 6.2 before 6.6.135; 6.7 before 6.12.82; 6.13 before 6.18.23; +9 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1 before 513e06735f5be575b409d195822195348b164e48; 286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1 before 275bdf762e82082f064e60a92448fa2ac43cf95b; 286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1 before a2b68a9a476b9544ff31f1fbcd5d80867a8a5e2f; 286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1 before b7b8012193fd98236d7ae05d4b553f010a77b2ef; 286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1 before 2c91b39912278d0878f9ba60ba04d2518b18a08d; 286a837217204b1ef105e3a554d0757e4fdfaac1 before 6fca757c20396dc2e604dcc61922264e9e3dc803; +3 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.5; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.5; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.5; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.5; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.5; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31649
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31649
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10d12b9240ebf96c785f0e2e4228318cd5f3a3eb
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/275bdf762e82082f064e60a92448fa2ac43cf95b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c91b39912278d0878f9ba60ba04d2518b18a08d
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/513e06735f5be575b409d195822195348b164e48
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51f4e090b9f87b40c21b6daadb5c06e6c0a07b67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fca757c20396dc2e604dcc61922264e9e3dc803
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