{
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ID": "CVE-2024-41066",
        "ASSIGNER": "cve@kernel.org",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nibmvnic: Add tx check to prevent skb leak\n\nBelow is a summary of how the driver stores a reference to an skb during\ntransmit:\n    tx_buff[free_map[consumer_index]]->skb = new_skb;\n    free_map[consumer_index] = IBMVNIC_INVALID_MAP;\n    consumer_index ++;\nWhere variable data looks like this:\n    free_map == [4, IBMVNIC_INVALID_MAP, IBMVNIC_INVALID_MAP, 0, 3]\n                                               \tconsumer_index^\n    tx_buff == [skb=null, skb=<ptr>, skb=<ptr>, skb=null, skb=null]\n\nThe driver has checks to ensure that free_map[consumer_index] pointed to\na valid index but there was no check to ensure that this index pointed\nto an unused/null skb address. So, if, by some chance, our free_map and\ntx_buff lists become out of sync then we were previously risking an\nskb memory leak. This could then cause tcp congestion control to stop\nsending packets, eventually leading to ETIMEDOUT.\n\nTherefore, add a conditional to ensure that the skb address is null. If\nnot then warn the user (because this is still a bug that should be\npatched) and free the old pointer to prevent memleak/tcp problems."
            }
        ]
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "n/a"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "Linux",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "Linux",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_name": "1da177e4c3f4",
                                            "version_value": "16ad1557cae5"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "not down converted",
                                            "x_cve_json_5_version_data": {
                                                "versions": [
                                                    {
                                                        "version": "6.1.101",
                                                        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
                                                        "status": "unaffected",
                                                        "versionType": "custom"
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "version": "6.6.42",
                                                        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
                                                        "status": "unaffected",
                                                        "versionType": "custom"
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "version": "6.9.11",
                                                        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.9.*",
                                                        "status": "unaffected",
                                                        "versionType": "custom"
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "version": "6.10",
                                                        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                                                        "status": "unaffected",
                                                        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                                                    }
                                                ],
                                                "defaultStatus": "affected"
                                            }
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16ad1557cae582e79bb82dddd612d9bdfaa11d4c",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16ad1557cae582e79bb82dddd612d9bdfaa11d4c"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/267c61c4afed0ff9a2e83462abad3f41d8ca1f06",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/267c61c4afed0ff9a2e83462abad3f41d8ca1f06"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7b75def33eae61ddaad6cb616c517dc3882eb2a",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7b75def33eae61ddaad6cb616c517dc3882eb2a"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0983d288caf984de0202c66641577b739caad561",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0983d288caf984de0202c66641577b739caad561"
            }
        ]
    },
    "generator": {
        "engine": "bippy-c9c4e1df01b2"
    }
}