What happened
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: libwx: fix Tx L4 checksum The hardware only supports L4 checksum offload for TCP/UDP/SCTP protocol. There was a bug to set Tx checksum flag for the other protocol that results in Tx ring hang. Fix to compute software checksum for these packets.
Affected versions
Linux: 3403960cdf86c967442dccc2bec981e0093f716e through before 9c6c85ae77efbe29420883082b3a7b9fd2c57602 (git); 3403960cdf86c967442dccc2bec981e0093f716e through before 6d56ea133adf0389b216ba6e47f7f35e95776713 (git); 3403960cdf86c967442dccc2bec981e0093f716e through before 5f583e059eced1857f41e221ef5951e029e632bd (git); 3403960cdf86c967442dccc2bec981e0093f716e through before c7d82913d5f9e97860772ee4051eaa66b56a6273 (git); 6.5 Fixed: See vendor advisory.
Why it matters
Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.
Detection & mitigation
- Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
- Review affected product exposure and access logs.
Public PoC references
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