CVE-2022-50564

s390/netiucv: Fix return type of netiucv_tx()

published October 22, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

s390/netiucv: Fix return type of netiucv_tx()

With clang's kernel control flow integrity (kCFI, CONFIG_CFI_CLANG),

indirect call targets are validated against the expected function

pointer prototype to make sure the call target is valid to help mitigate

ROP attacks. If they are not identical, there is a failure at run time,

which manifests as either a kernel panic or thread getting killed. A

proposed warning in clang aims to catch these at compile time, which

reveals:

drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c:1854:21: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'netdev_tx_t (*)(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)' (aka 'enum netdev_tx (*)(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)') with an expression of type 'int (struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]

.ndo_start_xmit = netiucv_tx,

^~~~~~~~~~

->ndo_start_xmit() in 'struct net_device_ops' expects a return type of

'netdev_tx_t', not 'int'. Adjust the return type of netiucv_tx() to

match the prototype's to resolve the warning and potential CFI failure,

should s390 select ARCH_SUPPORTS_CFI_CLANG in the future.

Additionally, while in the area, remove a comment block that is no

longer relevant.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00249 · 15.2th percentile
Published
2025-10-22T13:23Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 OCT 13:23Z
    s390/netiucv: Fix return type of netiucv_tx()
    cvelistv5