CVE-2022-50486

EUVD-2025-32368
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ethernet: ti: Fix return type of netcp_ndo_start_xmit()

With clang's kernel control flow integrity (kCFI, CONFIG_CFI_CLANG),
indirect call targets are validated against the expected function
pointer prototype to make sure the call target is valid to help mitigate
ROP attacks. If they are not identical, there is a failure at run time,
which manifests as either a kernel panic or thread getting killed. A
proposed warning in clang aims to catch these at compile time, which
reveals:

  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c:1944:21: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'netdev_tx_t (*)(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)' (aka 'enum netdev_tx (*)(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)') with an expression of type 'int (struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]
          .ndo_start_xmit         = netcp_ndo_start_xmit,
                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  1 error generated.

->ndo_start_xmit() in 'struct net_device_ops' expects a return type of
'netdev_tx_t', not 'int'. Adjust the return type of
netcp_ndo_start_xmit() to match the prototype's to resolve the warning
and CFI failure.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 5%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
4.0 ≤
𝑥
< 4.9.337
linuxlinux_kernel
4.10 ≤
𝑥
< 4.14.303
linuxlinux_kernel
4.15 ≤
𝑥
< 4.19.270
linuxlinux_kernel
4.20 ≤
𝑥
< 5.4.229
linuxlinux_kernel
5.5 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.163
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.86
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.0.16
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.2
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.148-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.153-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.237-1
fixed
forky
6.16.9-1
fixed
sid
6.16.9-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.43-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.48-1
fixed