Bug 2425090 (CVE-2023-54129)

Summary:	CVE-2023-54129 kernel: octeontx2-af: Add validation for lmac type
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the octeontx2-af network driver within the Linux kernel where insufficient validation of the lmac_type_id field from firmware during a physical link change can result in a kernel panic. Firmware may report an invalid lmac_type_id, and because the kernel previously derived an internal lmac_type without verifying that the identifier was within a valid range, this can lead to corrupt state and an internal Oops condition.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-24 14:02:02 UTC

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

octeontx2-af: Add validation for lmac type

Upon physical link change, firmware reports to the kernel about the
change along with the details like speed, lmac_type_id, etc.
Kernel derives lmac_type based on lmac_type_id received from firmware.

In a few scenarios, firmware returns an invalid lmac_type_id, which
is resulting in below kernel panic. This patch adds the missing
validation of the lmac_type_id field.

Internal error: Oops: 96000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[   35.321595] Modules linked in:
[   35.328982] CPU: 0 PID: 31 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted
5.4.210-g2e3169d8e1bc-dirty #17
[   35.337014] Hardware name: Marvell CN103XX board (DT)
[   35.344297] Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn
[   35.352730] pstate: 40400089 (nZcv daIf +PAN -UAO)
[   35.360267] pc : strncpy+0x10/0x30
[   35.366595] lr : cgx_link_change_handler+0x90/0x180

Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-12-25 03:24:49 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122419-CVE-2023-54129-8cb3@gregkh/T