# CVE-2022-3643: linux: Guests can trigger NIC interface reset/abort/crash via netback It is possible for a guest to trigger a NIC interface... CVE-2022-3643 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3643, released December 7, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3643 - Priority: Routine - CVSS: 6.5 (medium) - EPSS: 0.0049 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Dec 7, 2022 ## Description Guests can trigger NIC interface reset/abort/crash via netback It is possible for a guest to trigger a NIC interface reset/abort/crash in a Linux based network backend by sending certain kinds of packets. It appears to be an (unwritten?) assumption in the rest of the Linux network stack that packet protocol headers are all contained within the linear section of the SKB and some NICs behave badly if this is not the case. This has been reported to occur with Cisco (enic) and Broadcom NetXtrem II BCM5780 (bnx2x) though it may be an issue with other NICs/drivers as well. In case the frontend is sending requests with split headers, netback will forward those violating above mentioned assumption to the networking core, resulting in said misbehavior. ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | bpftool amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | bpftool-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | kernel amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-devel amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-headers amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-libbpf amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-libbpf-devel amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-libbpf-static amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-livepatch-6.1.10-15.42 amzn 2023 | 1.0-0.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-tools amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-tools-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | kernel-tools-devel amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | linux Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.4-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3643](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-3643.md) | Dec 7, 2022 | | Linux | linux Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.1.4-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3643](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-3643.md) | Dec 7, 2022 | | Linux | linux Debian 14 | 6.1.4-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3643](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-3643.md) | Dec 7, 2022 | | Linux | perf amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | perf-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | python3-perf amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | | Linux | python3-perf-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2023-070](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-070.md) | Feb 17, 2023 | --- Data as of 2026-11-08T06:59:42Z UTC. 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