CVE-2024-57933

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.4-6.6.70, 6.7-6.12.9 - NULL Pointer Dereference in GVE XSK Operations

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: guard XSK operations on the existence of queues This patch predicates the enabling and disabling of XSK pools on the existence of queues. As it stands, if the interface is down, disabling or enabling XSK pools would result in a crash, as the RX queue pointer would be NULL. XSK pool registration will occur as part of the next interface up. Similarly, xsk_wakeup needs be guarded against queues disappearing while the function is executing, so a check against the GVE_PRIV_FLAGS_NAPI_ENABLED flag is added to synchronize with the disabling of the bit and the synchronize_net() in gve_turndown.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 9.9%
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-476
Status published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel 6.4.0 - 6.6.70linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.9linux
Linux/Linux < 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.12.9 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13
Linux/Linux 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.6.70 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux fd8e40321a12391e6f554cc637d0c4b6109682a9 - 40338d7987d810fcaa95c500b1068a52b08eec9b
Linux/Linux fd8e40321a12391e6f554cc637d0c4b6109682a9 - 771d66f2bd8c4dba1286a9163ab982cecd825718
Linux/Linux fd8e40321a12391e6f554cc637d0c4b6109682a9 - 8e8d7037c89437af12725f454e2eaf40e8166c0f
... and 2 more
Published Jan 21, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026