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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Oct 21, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 25, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xen-netfront: Fix NULL sring after live migration

A NAPI is setup for each network sring to poll data to kernel
The sring with source host is destroyed before live migration and
new sring with target host is setup after live migration.
The NAPI for the old sring is not deleted until setup new sring
with target host after migration. With busy_poll/busy_read enabled,
the NAPI can be polled before got deleted when resume VM.

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
0000000000000008
IP: xennet_poll+0xae/0xd20
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
Call Trace:
finish_task_switch+0x71/0x230
timerqueue_del+0x1d/0x40
hrtimer_try_to_cancel+0xb5/0x110
xennet_alloc_rx_buffers+0x2a0/0x2a0
napi_busy_loop+0xdb/0x270
sock_poll+0x87/0x90
do_sys_poll+0x26f/0x580
tracing_map_insert+0x1d4/0x2f0
event_hist_trigger+0x14a/0x260

finish_task_switch+0x71/0x230
__schedule+0x256/0x890
recalc_sigpending+0x1b/0x50
xen_sched_clock+0x15/0x20
__rb_reserve_next+0x12d/0x140
ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x123/0x3d0
event_triggers_call+0x87/0xb0
trace_event_buffer_commit+0x1c4/0x210
xen_clocksource_get_cycles+0x15/0x20
ktime_get_ts64+0x51/0xf0
SyS_ppoll+0x160/0x1a0
SyS_ppoll+0x160/0x1a0
do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x41/0xa6
...
RIP: xennet_poll+0xae/0xd20 RSP: ffffb4f041933900
CR2: 0000000000000008
---[ end trace f8601785b354351c ]---

xen frontend should remove the NAPIs for the old srings before live
migration as the bond srings are destroyed

There is a tiny window between the srings are set to NULL and
the NAPIs are disabled, It is safe as the NAPI threads are still
frozen at that time

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 21, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 21, 2024
Last updated Oct 25, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-48969

GHSA ID

GHSA-h4qj-qcw9-2w6h

Source code

No known source code

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