CVE-2024-50145

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.19-6.1.115, 6.2-6.6.59, 6.7-6.11.6 - NULL Pointer Dereference in __octep_oq_process_rx()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeon_ep: Add SKB allocation failures handling in __octep_oq_process_rx() build_skb() returns NULL in case of a memory allocation failure so handle it inside __octep_oq_process_rx() to avoid NULL pointer dereference. __octep_oq_process_rx() is called during NAPI polling by the driver. If skb allocation fails, keep on pulling packets out of the Rx DMA queue: we shouldn't break the polling immediately and thus falsely indicate to the octep_napi_poll() that the Rx pressure is going down. As there is no associated skb in this case, don't process the packets and don't push them up the network stack - they are skipped. Helper function is implemented to unmmap/flush all the fragment buffers used by the dropped packet. 'alloc_failures' counter is incremented to mark the skb allocation error in driver statistics. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.1%
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-476
Status published
Products (15)
linux/Kernel 5.19.0 - 6.1.115linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.59linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.11.6linux
Linux/Linux < 5.19
Linux/Linux 37d79d0596062057f588bdbb2ebad5455a43d353 - 09ce491112bbf0b866e2638d3e961c1c73d1f00b
Linux/Linux 37d79d0596062057f588bdbb2ebad5455a43d353 - 2dedcb6f99f4c1a11944e7cc35dbeb9b18a5cbac
Linux/Linux 37d79d0596062057f588bdbb2ebad5455a43d353 - c2d2dc4f88bb3cfc4f3cc320fd3ff51b0ae5b0ea
Linux/Linux 37d79d0596062057f588bdbb2ebad5455a43d353 - eb592008f79be52ccef88cd9a5249b3fc0367278
Linux/Linux 5.19
Linux/Linux 6.1.115 - 6.1.*
... and 5 more
Published Nov 07, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026