CVE-2024-53209
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
27/12/2024
Last modified:
03/11/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
bnxt_en: Fix receive ring space parameters when XDP is active<br />
<br />
The MTU setting at the time an XDP multi-buffer is attached<br />
determines whether the aggregation ring will be used and the<br />
rx_skb_func handler. This is done in bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode().<br />
<br />
If the MTU is later changed, the aggregation ring setting may need<br />
to be changed and it may become out-of-sync with the settings<br />
initially done in bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode(). This may result in<br />
random memory corruption and crashes as the HW may DMA data larger<br />
than the allocated buffer size, such as:<br />
<br />
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000003c0<br />
PGD 0 P4D 0<br />
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI<br />
CPU: 17 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/17 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S OE 6.1.0-226bf9805506 #1<br />
Hardware name: Wiwynn Delta Lake PVT BZA.02601.0150/Delta Lake-Class1, BIOS F0E_3A12 08/26/2021<br />
RIP: 0010:bnxt_rx_pkt+0xe97/0x1ae0 [bnxt_en]<br />
Code: 8b 95 70 ff ff ff 4c 8b 9d 48 ff ff ff 66 41 89 87 b4 00 00 00 e9 0b f7 ff ff 0f b7 43 0a 49 8b 95 a8 04 00 00 25 ff 0f 00 00 b7 14 42 48 c1 e2 06 49 03 95 a0 04 00 00 0f b6 42 33f<br />
RSP: 0018:ffffa19f40cc0d18 EFLAGS: 00010202<br />
RAX: 00000000000001e0 RBX: ffff8e2c805c6100 RCX: 00000000000007ff<br />
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8e2c271ab990 RDI: ffff8e2c84f12380<br />
RBP: ffffa19f40cc0e48 R08: 000000000001000d R09: 974ea2fcddfa4cbf<br />
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffa19f40cc0ff8 R12: ffff8e2c94b58980<br />
R13: ffff8e2c952d6600 R14: 0000000000000016 R15: ffff8e2c271ab990<br />
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8e3b3f840000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000<br />
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033<br />
CR2: 00000000000003c0 CR3: 0000000e8580a004 CR4: 00000000007706e0<br />
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000<br />
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400<br />
PKRU: 55555554<br />
Call Trace:<br />
<br />
__bnxt_poll_work+0x1c2/0x3e0 [bnxt_en]<br />
<br />
To address the issue, we now call bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode() within<br />
bnxt_change_mtu() to properly set the AGG rings configuration and<br />
update rx_skb_func based on the new MTU value.<br />
Additionally, BNXT_FLAG_NO_AGG_RINGS is cleared at the beginning of<br />
bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode() to make sure it gets set or cleared based on<br />
the current MTU.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.1.45 (including) | 6.2 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.4.10 (including) | 6.11.11 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.12 (including) | 6.12.2 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3051a77a09dfe3022aa012071346937fdf059033
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f306c651feab2f3689185f60b94e72b573255db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84353386762a0a16dd444ead76c012e167d89b41
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7fd784d7c6a1bd927a23e0d06f09a776ee3889b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf54a7660fc8d2166f41ff1d67a643b15d8b2250
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html



