Packet-transmission interruption via incorrect SRC_PORT encoding
Published Dec 29, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Incorrect port encoding in affected Linux kernel versions allows remote attackers to interrupt packet transmission on Ocelot and Felix switches. ocelot_port_inject_frame passes BIT_ULL(x) to ocelot_ifh_set_basic even though the IFH SRC_PORT field expects the single CPU-port index x. The path requires compatible switch hardware and CPU-injected traffic through Ocelot switchdev or Felix ocelot-8021q, where packing failures cause transmit and timestamp timeouts.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect port encoding in affected Linux kernel versions allows remote attackers to interrupt packet transmission on Ocelot and Felix switches. ocelot_port_inject_frame passes BIT_ULL(x) to ocelot_ifh_set_basic even though the IFH SRC_PORT field expects the single CPU-port index x. The path requires compatible switch hardware and CPU-injected traffic through Ocelot switchdev or Felix ocelot-8021q, where packing failures cause transmit and timestamp timeouts.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-56717
- Published
- Dec 29, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=06bcb9032e05ad717f9fd0a6e2fd3ae7f430fa31 <59c4ca8d8d7918eb6e2df91d2c254827264be309
- Affected versionversion=6.10.7 <6.11
- Affected versionversion=6.11
- Affected versionversion=6.1.107 <6.1.122
- Affected versionversion=6.6.48 <6.6.68
- Affected versionversion=be3a532167dd562ec38900c846e7ae6cc39aa2f1
- Affected versionversion=e1b9e80236c540fa85d76e2d510d1b38e1968c5d <2d5df3a680ffdaf606baa10636bdb1daf757832e
- Affected versionversion=e1b9e80236c540fa85d76e2d510d1b38e1968c5d <a8836eae3288c351acd3b2743d2fad2a4ee2bd56
- Affected versionversion=ff7f554bbd75d5cbf00cded81d05147c6617e876 <2f3c62ffe88116cd2a39cd73e01103535599970f
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