CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-43031

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel regarding incorrect length accounting for TX packets that span multiple buffer descriptors. This issue leads to the loss of earlier bytes, potentially stalling the TX queue.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may experience network performance issues as a stalled TX queue can lead to delays in data transmission.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and improve TX queue management.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: xilinx: axienet: Fix BQL accounting for multi-BD TX packets When a TX packet spans multiple buffer descriptors (scatter-gather), axienet_free_tx_chain sums the per-BD actual length from descriptor status into a caller-provided accumulator. That sum is reset on each NAPI poll. If the BDs for a single packet complete across different polls, the earlier bytes are lost and never credited to BQL. This causes BQL to think bytes are permanently in-flight, eventually stalling the TX queue. The SKB pointer is stored only on the last BD of a packet. When that BD completes, use skb->len for the byte count instead of summing per-BD status lengths. This matches netdev_sent_queue(), which debits skb->len, and naturally survives across polls because no partial packet contributes to the accumulator.

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