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

i40e: Fix DMA mappings leak

During reallocation of RX buffers, new DMA mappings are created for
those buffers.

steps for reproduction:
while :
do
for ((i=0; i<=8160; i=i+32))
do
ethtool -G enp130s0f0 rx $i tx $i
sleep 0.5
ethtool -g enp130s0f0
done
done

This resulted in crash:
i40e 0000:01:00.1: Unable to allocate memory for the Rx descriptor ring, size=65536
Driver BUG
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4300 at net/core/xdp.c:141 xdp_rxq_info_unreg+0x43/0x50
Call Trace:
i40e_free_rx_resources+0x70/0x80 [i40e]
i40e_set_ringparam+0x27c/0x800 [i40e]
ethnl_set_rings+0x1b2/0x290
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.15+0x10f/0x150
genl_family_rcv_msg+0xb3/0x160
? rings_fill_reply+0x1a0/0x1a0
genl_rcv_msg+0x47/0x90
? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x160/0x160
netlink_rcv_skb+0x4c/0x120
genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
netlink_unicast+0x196/0x230
netlink_sendmsg+0x204/0x3d0
sock_sendmsg+0x4c/0x50
__sys_sendto+0xee/0x160
? handle_mm_fault+0xbe/0x1e0
? syscall_trace_enter+0x1d3/0x2c0
__x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca
RIP: 0033:0x7f5eac8b035b
Missing register, driver bug
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4300 at net/core/xdp.c:119 xdp_rxq_info_unreg_mem_model+0x69/0x140
Call Trace:
xdp_rxq_info_unreg+0x1e/0x50
i40e_free_rx_resources+0x70/0x80 [i40e]
i40e_set_ringparam+0x27c/0x800 [i40e]
ethnl_set_rings+0x1b2/0x290
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.15+0x10f/0x150
genl_family_rcv_msg+0xb3/0x160
? rings_fill_reply+0x1a0/0x1a0
genl_rcv_msg+0x47/0x90
? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x160/0x160
netlink_rcv_skb+0x4c/0x120
genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
netlink_unicast+0x196/0x230
netlink_sendmsg+0x204/0x3d0
sock_sendmsg+0x4c/0x50
__sys_sendto+0xee/0x160
? handle_mm_fault+0xbe/0x1e0
? syscall_trace_enter+0x1d3/0x2c0
__x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca
RIP: 0033:0x7f5eac8b035b

This was caused because of new buffers with different RX ring count should
substitute older ones, but those buffers were freed in
i40e_configure_rx_ring and reallocated again with i40e_alloc_rx_bi,
thus kfree on rx_bi caused leak of already mapped DMA.

Fix this by reallocating ZC with rx_bi_zc struct when BPF program loads. Additionally
reallocate back to rx_bi when BPF program unloads.

If BPF program is loaded/unloaded and XSK pools are created, reallocate
RX queues accordingly in XSP_SETUP_XSK_POOL handler.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00026.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
be1222b585fdc410b8c1dbcc57dd03a00f04eff5 affected < ed5baf3d0a33caaca4cd4073ebb0854cc77a616d
be1222b585fdc410b8c1dbcc57dd03a00f04eff5 affected < 94a171c982b8a8137a00721c1e62bc2713435bca
be1222b585fdc410b8c1dbcc57dd03a00f04eff5 affected < 5f499596dfa3db9b3172645b6de9e1096a669c95
be1222b585fdc410b8c1dbcc57dd03a00f04eff5 affected < aae425efdfd1b1d8452260a3cb49344ebf20b1f5
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.8 affected —
0 unaffected < 5.8
5.10.152 unaffected ≤ 5.10.*
5.15.76 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
6.0.6 unaffected ≤ 6.0.*
6.1 unaffected ≤ *

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https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120949-CVE-2022-50679-b2b8@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50679 cve-icon
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Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: Fix DMA mappings leak During reallocation of RX buffers, new DMA mappings are created for those buffers. steps for reproduction: while : do for ((i=0; i<=8160; i=i+32)) do ethtool -G enp130s0f0 rx $i tx $i sleep 0.5 ethtool -g enp130s0f0 done done This resulted in crash: i40e 0000:01:00.1: Unable to allocate memory for the Rx descriptor ring, size=65536 Driver BUG WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4300 at net/core/xdp.c:141 xdp_rxq_info_unreg+0x43/0x50 Call Trace: i40e_free_rx_resources+0x70/0x80 [i40e] i40e_set_ringparam+0x27c/0x800 [i40e] ethnl_set_rings+0x1b2/0x290 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.15+0x10f/0x150 genl_family_rcv_msg+0xb3/0x160 ? rings_fill_reply+0x1a0/0x1a0 genl_rcv_msg+0x47/0x90 ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x160/0x160 netlink_rcv_skb+0x4c/0x120 genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x196/0x230 netlink_sendmsg+0x204/0x3d0 sock_sendmsg+0x4c/0x50 __sys_sendto+0xee/0x160 ? handle_mm_fault+0xbe/0x1e0 ? syscall_trace_enter+0x1d3/0x2c0 __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca RIP: 0033:0x7f5eac8b035b Missing register, driver bug WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4300 at net/core/xdp.c:119 xdp_rxq_info_unreg_mem_model+0x69/0x140 Call Trace: xdp_rxq_info_unreg+0x1e/0x50 i40e_free_rx_resources+0x70/0x80 [i40e] i40e_set_ringparam+0x27c/0x800 [i40e] ethnl_set_rings+0x1b2/0x290 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.15+0x10f/0x150 genl_family_rcv_msg+0xb3/0x160 ? rings_fill_reply+0x1a0/0x1a0 genl_rcv_msg+0x47/0x90 ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x160/0x160 netlink_rcv_skb+0x4c/0x120 genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x196/0x230 netlink_sendmsg+0x204/0x3d0 sock_sendmsg+0x4c/0x50 __sys_sendto+0xee/0x160 ? handle_mm_fault+0xbe/0x1e0 ? syscall_trace_enter+0x1d3/0x2c0 __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca RIP: 0033:0x7f5eac8b035b This was caused because of new buffers with different RX ring count should substitute older ones, but those buffers were freed in i40e_configure_rx_ring and reallocated again with i40e_alloc_rx_bi, thus kfree on rx_bi caused leak of already mapped DMA. Fix this by reallocating ZC with rx_bi_zc struct when BPF program loads. Additionally reallocate back to rx_bi when BPF program unloads. If BPF program is loaded/unloaded and XSK pools are created, reallocate RX queues accordingly in XSP_SETUP_XSK_POOL handler.
Title i40e: Fix DMA mappings leak
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-09T01:29:32.925Z

Reserved: 2025-12-09T01:26:45.991Z

Link: CVE-2022-50679

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-09T16:17:20.210

Modified: 2025-12-09T18:37:13.640

Link: CVE-2022-50679

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50679 - Bugzilla

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