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The remaining 16 bytes get written into\nwqe->data[0], covering byte_count (4 bytes), lkey (4 bytes), and addr\n(8 bytes).\n\nstruct mlx5e_tx_wqe {\n struct mlx5_wqe_ctrl_seg ctrl; /* 0 16 */\n struct mlx5_wqe_eth_seg eth; /* 16 16 */\n struct mlx5_wqe_data_seg data[]; /* 32 0 */\n\n /* size: 32, cachelines: 1, members: 3 */\n /* last cacheline: 32 bytes */\n};\n\nstruct mlx5_wqe_eth_seg {\n u8 swp_outer_l4_offset; /* 0 1 */\n u8 swp_outer_l3_offset; /* 1 1 */\n u8 swp_inner_l4_offset; /* 2 1 */\n u8 swp_inner_l3_offset; /* 3 1 */\n u8 cs_flags; /* 4 1 */\n u8 swp_flags; /* 5 1 */\n __be16 mss; /* 6 2 */\n __be32 flow_table_metadata; /* 8 4 */\n union {\n struct {\n __be16 sz; /* 12 2 */\n u8 start[2]; /* 14 2 */\n } inline_hdr; /* 12 4 */\n struct {\n __be16 type; /* 12 2 */\n __be16 vlan_tci; /* 14 2 */\n } insert; /* 12 4 */\n __be32 trailer; /* 12 4 */\n }; /* 12 4 */\n\n /* size: 16, cachelines: 1, members: 9 */\n /* last cacheline: 16 bytes */\n};\n\nstruct mlx5_wqe_data_seg {\n __be32 byte_count; /* 0 4 */\n __be32 lkey; /* 4 4 */\n __be64 addr; /* 8 8 */\n\n /* size: 16, cachelines: 1, members: 3 */\n /* last cacheline: 16 bytes */\n};\n\nSo, split the memcpy() so the compiler can reason about the buffer\nsizes.\n\n\"pahole\" shows no size nor member offset changes to struct mlx5e_tx_wqe\nnor struct mlx5e_umr_wqe. \"objdump -d\" shows no meaningful object\ncode changes (i.e. only source line number induced differences and\noptimizations)."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h","drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c"],"versions":[{"version":"b5503b994ed5ed8dbfe821317e7b5b38acb065c5","lessThan":"49bcbe531f79fc35bb10020f7695f9f01e4f0ca8","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b5503b994ed5ed8dbfe821317e7b5b38acb065c5","lessThan":"8fbdf8c8b8ab82beab882175157650452c46493e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b5503b994ed5ed8dbfe821317e7b5b38acb065c5","lessThan":"ad5185735f7dab342fdd0dd41044da4c9ccfef67","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h","drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.248","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.16.6","lessThanOrEqual":"5.16.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.17","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.9","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.248"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.9","versionEndExcluding":"5.16.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.9","versionEndExcluding":"5.17"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49bcbe531f79fc35bb10020f7695f9f01e4f0ca8"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fbdf8c8b8ab82beab882175157650452c46493e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad5185735f7dab342fdd0dd41044da4c9ccfef67"}],"title":"net/mlx5e: Avoid field-overflowing memcpy()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}},"adp":[{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE","dateUpdated":"2024-08-03T15:25:00.531Z"},"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fbdf8c8b8ab82beab882175157650452c46493e","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad5185735f7dab342fdd0dd41044da4c9ccfef67","tags":["x_transferred"]}]},{"metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"id":"CVE-2022-48744","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2024-09-10T17:10:38.103398Z"}}}],"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","providerMetadata":{"orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP","dateUpdated":"2024-09-11T17:34:48.322Z"}}]}}