From: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. =============== [ Upstream commit f43bfaeddc79effbf3d0fcb53ca477cca66f3db8 ] atl2 includes NETIF_F_SG in hw_features even though it has no support for non-linear skbs. This bug was originally harmless since the driver does not claim to implement checksum offload and that used to be a requirement for SG. Now that SG and checksum offload are independent features, if you explicitly enable SG *and* use one of the rare protocols that can use SG without checkusm offload, this potentially leaks sensitive information (before you notice that it just isn't working). Therefore this obscure bug has been designated CVE-2016-2117. Reported-by: Justin Yackoski <jyackoski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: ec5f06156423 ("net: Kill link between CSUM and SG features.") Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c index 265ce1b752ed..96fe542b4acb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c @@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ static int atl2_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) err = -EIO; - netdev->hw_features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX; + netdev->hw_features = NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX; netdev->features |= (NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX); /* Init PHY as early as possible due to power saving issue */ -- 2.8.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html