Medium severity · published May 20, 2024
CVE-2024-35958
net: ena: Fix incorrect descriptor free behavior
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ena: Fix incorrect descriptor free behavior
ENA has two types of TX queues:
- queues which only process TX packets arriving from the network stack
- queues which only process TX packets forwarded to it by XDP_REDIRECT
or XDP_TX instructions
The ena_free_tx_bufs() cycles through all descriptors in a TX queue
and unmaps + frees every descriptor that hasn't been acknowledged yet
by the device (uncompleted TX transactions).
The function assumes that the processed TX queue is necessarily from
the first category listed above and ends up using napi_consume_skb()
for descriptors belonging to an XDP specific queue.
This patch solves a bug in which, in case of a VF reset, the
descriptors aren't freed correctly, leading to crashes.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.6 before 5.10.216; 5.11 before 5.15.156; 5.16 before 6.1.87; 6.2 before 6.6.28; 6.7 before 6.8.7; 6.9; +2 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
548c4940b9f1f527f81509468dd60b61418880b6 before b26aa765f7437e1bbe8db4c1641b12bd5dd378f0; 548c4940b9f1f527f81509468dd60b61418880b6 before fdfbf54d128ab6ab255db138488f9650485795a2; 548c4940b9f1f527f81509468dd60b61418880b6 before 19ff8fed3338898b70b2aad831386c78564912e1; 548c4940b9f1f527f81509468dd60b61418880b6 before 5c7f2240d9835a7823d87f7460d8eae9f4e504c7; 548c4940b9f1f527f81509468dd60b61418880b6 before c31baa07f01307b7ae05f3ce32b89d8e2ba0cc1d; 548c4940b9f1f527f81509468dd60b61418880b6 before bf02d9fe00632d22fa91d34749c7aacf397b6cde; +1 more · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
RR
RUGGEDCOM RST2428P · Siemens
before V3.1 · source: CISA
SX
SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family · Siemens
before V3.1 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
before V1.1.1 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35958
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35958
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19ff8fed3338898b70b2aad831386c78564912e1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c7f2240d9835a7823d87f7460d8eae9f4e504c7
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b26aa765f7437e1bbe8db4c1641b12bd5dd378f0
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf02d9fe00632d22fa91d34749c7aacf397b6cde
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c31baa07f01307b7ae05f3ce32b89d8e2ba0cc1d
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdfbf54d128ab6ab255db138488f9650485795a2
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