CVE-2024-57936

CVE-2024-57936 affects the Linux kernel RDMA/bnxt_re code and fixes an SGEs handling bug in Work Requests. The issue arises because Gen P7 hardware can report up to 13 SGEs, while the WQE software structure currently supports only 6 SGEs. This mismatch allowed requests with as many as 13 SGEs to ...

CVE-2024-57936 RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix max SGEs for the Work Request

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxtre: Fix max SGEs for the Work Request Gen P7 supports up to 13 SGEs for now. WQE software structure can hold only 6 now. Since the max send sge is reported as 13, the stack can give requests up to 13 SGEs. This is causin...