Bug 2297583 (CVE-2024-40999)

Summary: CVE-2024-40999 kernel: net: ena: Add validation for completion descriptors consistency
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-07-12 13:49:29 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ena: Add validation for completion descriptors consistency

Validate that `first` flag is set only for the first
descriptor in multi-buffer packets.
In case of an invalid descriptor, a reset will occur.
A new reset reason for RX data corruption has been added.