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CVE-2022-49776 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macvlan: enforce a consistent minimal mtu macvlan should enforce a minimal mtu of 68, even at link creation. This patch avoids the current behavior (which could lead to crashes in ipv6 stack if the link is brought up) $ ip link add macvlan1 link eno1 mtu 8 type macvlan # This should fail ! $ ip link sh dev macvlan1 5: macvlan1@eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 8 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 02:47:6c:24:74:82 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff $ ip link set macvlan1 mtu 67 Error: mtu less than device minimum. $ ip link set macvlan1 mtu 68 $ ip link set macvlan1 mtu 8 Error: mtu less than device minimum.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b055c719d8f94c15ec9b7659978133030c6a353
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/650137a7c0b2892df2e5b0bc112d7b09a78c93c8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a62aa84fe19eb24d083d600a074c009a0a66d4f3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b64085b00044bdf3cd1c9825e9ef5b2e0feae91a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2fee7d121d189c6dc905b727d60e7043a6655bb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e41cbf98df22d08402e65174d147cbb187fe1a33
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e929ec98c0c3b10d9c07f3776df0c1a02d7a763e

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-49776
NVD Published Date:
05/01/2025
NVD Last Modified:
05/02/2025
Source:
kernel.org