CVE-2024-46861

kernel: usbnet: ipheth: do not stop RX on failing RX callback

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 27, 2024

Updated · October 29, 2026

Description

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

usbnet: ipheth: do not stop RX on failing RX callback

RX callbacks can fail for multiple reasons:

Payload too short
Payload formatted incorrecly (e.g. bad NCM framing)
Lack of memory

None of these should cause the driver to seize up.

Make such failures non-critical and continue processing further incoming URBs.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-404 · Improper Resource Shutdown or Release