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net: cdc_ncm: Deal with too low values of dwNtbOutMaxSize

Published Oct 7, 2025 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: cdc_ncm: Deal with too low values of dwNtbOutMaxSize

Currently in cdc_ncm_check_tx_max(), if dwNtbOutMaxSize is lower than
the calculated "min" value, but greater than zero, the logic sets
tx_max to dwNtbOutMaxSize. This is then used to allocate a new SKB in
cdc_ncm_fill_tx_frame() where all the data is handled.

For small values of dwNtbOutMaxSize the memory allocated during
alloc_skb(dwNtbOutMaxSize, GFP_ATOMIC) will have the same size, due to
how size is aligned at alloc time:
size = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(size);
size += SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
Thus we hit the same bug that we tried to squash with
commit 2be6d4d16a084 ("net: cdc_ncm: Allow for dwNtbOutMaxSize to be unset or zero")

Low values of dwNtbOutMaxSize do not cause an issue presently because at
alloc_skb() time more memory (512b) is allocated than required for the
SKB headers alone (320b), leaving some space (512b - 320b = 192b)
for CDC data (172b).

However, if more elements (for example 3 x u64 = [24b]) were added to
one of the SKB header structs, say 'struct skb_shared_info',
increasing its original size (320b [320b aligned]) to something larger
(344b [384b aligned]), then suddenly the CDC data (172b) no longer
fits in the spare SKB data area (512b - 384b = 128b).

Consequently the SKB bounds checking semantics fails and panics:

skbuff: skb_over_panic: text:ffffffff831f755b len:184 put:172 head:ffff88811f1c6c00 data:ffff88811f1c6c00 tail:0xb8 end:0x80 dev:<NULL>
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:113!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 0 PID: 57 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 5.15.106-syzkaller-00249-g19c0ed55a470 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/14/2023
Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work
RIP: 0010:skb_panic net/core/skbuff.c:113 [inline]
RIP: 0010:skb_over_panic+0x14c/0x150 net/core/skbuff.c:118
[snip]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
skb_put+0x151/0x210 net/core/skbuff.c:2047
skb_put_zero include/linux/skbuff.h:2422 [inline]
cdc_ncm_ndp16 drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c:1131 [inline]
cdc_ncm_fill_tx_frame+0x11ab/0x3da0 drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c:1308
cdc_ncm_tx_fixup+0xa3/0x100

Deal with too low values of dwNtbOutMaxSize, clamp it in the range
[USB_CDC_NCM_NTB_MIN_OUT_SIZE, CDC_NCM_NTB_MAX_SIZE_TX]. We ensure
enough data space is allocated to handle CDC data by making sure
dwNtbOutMaxSize is not smaller than USB_CDC_NCM_NTB_MIN_OUT_SIZE.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.16 4.14.317

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.3.7-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.3.7-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.37-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1023.25 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-83.92 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1044.49 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1046.53 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1046.53.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1041.49 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1041.46 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1027.32 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1037.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1039.45 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1032.32 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1017.17 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1004.4 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1042.48 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1025.29 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-162.179 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1109.118 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1044.49~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1115.122 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1046.53~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1070.76 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1112.121 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1041.49~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-83.92~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1056.61 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1037.40~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1021.22 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1098.104 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1017.17~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1108.117 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1042.48~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1093.104 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1040.44~20.04.3 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1029.33 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 12 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1038.40 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1045.50 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1109.118+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1115.122+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1084.93 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1112.121+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1109.118~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1115.122~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1112.121~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-162.179~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1056.61~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1108.117~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1093.104~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1.150500.6.61.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.280.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4189-1
Show 12 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1.150500.6.61.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1.150500.6.61.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.112.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.136.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.136.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_32 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_46 1-150400.9.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.280.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4189-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_74 1-8.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4189-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.127.1.150500.6.61.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1.150400.24.94.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.184.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.318-240.529 1.0-0.amzn2 ALAS2-2023-2100
Amazon Linux 2 perf +8 4.14.318-240.529.amzn2 ALAS2-2023-2100

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