Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: micrel: Fix receiving the timestamp in the frame for lan8841 The blamed commit started to use the ptp workqueue to get the second part of the timestamp. And when the port was set down, then this workqueue is stopped. But if the config option NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING is not enabled, then the ptp_clock is not initialized so then it would crash when it would try to access the delayed work. So then basically by setting up and then down the port, it would crash. The fix consists in checking if the ptp_clock is initialized and only then cancel the delayed work.
References (4)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
0.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-908
Status
published
Products (4)
linux/Kernel
6.5.0 - 6.6.33linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.8.12linux
linux/Kernel
6.9.0 - 6.9.3linux
linux/linux_kernel
6.5 - 6.6.33
Published
Jun 19, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026