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CVE-2024-40923

vmxnet3: disable rx data ring on dma allocation failure

Severity Score

4.4
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

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

vmxnet3: disable rx data ring on dma allocation failure

When vmxnet3_rq_create() fails to allocate memory for rq->data_ring.base,
the subsequent call to vmxnet3_rq_destroy_all_rxdataring does not reset
rq->data_ring.desc_size for the data ring that failed, which presumably
causes the hypervisor to reference it on packet reception.

To fix this bug, rq->data_ring.desc_size needs to be set to 0 to tell
the hypervisor to disable this feature.

[ 95.436876] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:207!
[ 95.439074] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 95.440411] CPU: 7 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Not tainted 6.9.3-dirty #1
[ 95.441558] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual
Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 12/12/2018
[ 95.443481] RIP: 0010:skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f
[ 95.444404] Code: 4f 70 50 8b 87 c0 00 00 00 50 8b 87 bc 00 00 00 50
ff b7 d0 00 00 00 4c 8b 8f c8 00 00 00 48 c7 c7 68 e8 be 9f e8 63 58 f9
ff <0f> 0b 48 8b 14 24 48 c7 c1 d0 73 65 9f e8 a1 ff ff ff 48 8b 14 24
[ 95.447684] RSP: 0018:ffffa13340274dd0 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 95.448762] RAX: 0000000000000089 RBX: ffff8fbbc72b02d0 RCX: 000000000000083f
[ 95.450148] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000000000f6 RDI: 000000000000083f
[ 95.451520] RBP: 000000000000002d R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffa13340274c60
[ 95.452886] R10: ffffffffa04ed468 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 95.454293] R13: ffff8fbbdab3c2d0 R14: ffff8fbbdbd829e0 R15: ffff8fbbdbd809e0
[ 95.455682] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8fbeefd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 95.457178] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 95.458340] CR2: 00007fd0d1f650c8 CR3: 0000000115f28000 CR4: 00000000000406f0
[ 95.459791] Call Trace:
[ 95.460515] <IRQ>
[ 95.461180] ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27
[ 95.462150] ? die+0x2e/0x50
[ 95.462976] ? do_trap+0xca/0x110
[ 95.463973] ? do_error_trap+0x6a/0x90
[ 95.464966] ? skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f
[ 95.465901] ? exc_invalid_op+0x50/0x70
[ 95.466849] ? skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f
[ 95.467718] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
[ 95.468758] ? skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f
[ 95.469655] skb_put.cold+0x10/0x10
[ 95.470573] vmxnet3_rq_rx_complete+0x862/0x11e0 [vmxnet3]
[ 95.471853] vmxnet3_poll_rx_only+0x36/0xb0 [vmxnet3]
[ 95.473185] __napi_poll+0x2b/0x160
[ 95.474145] net_rx_action+0x2c6/0x3b0
[ 95.475115] handle_softirqs+0xe7/0x2a0
[ 95.476122] __irq_exit_rcu+0x97/0xb0
[ 95.477109] common_interrupt+0x85/0xa0
[ 95.478102] </IRQ>
[ 95.478846] <TASK>
[ 95.479603] asm_common_interrupt+0x26/0x40
[ 95.480657] RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20
[ 95.481801] Code: 22 d7 e9 54 87 01 00 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa eb 07 0f 00 2d 93 ba 3b 00 fb f4 <e9> 2c 87 01 00 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90
[ 95.485563] RSP: 0018:ffffa133400ffe58 EFLAGS: 00000246
[ 95.486882] RAX: 0000000000004000 RBX: ffff8fbbc1d14064 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 95.488477] RDX: ffff8fbeefd80000 RSI: ffff8fbbc1d14000 RDI: 0000000000000001
[ 95.490067] RBP: ffff8fbbc1d14064 R08: ffffffffa0652260 R09: 00000000000010d3
[ 95.491683] R10: 0000000000000018 R11: ffff8fbeefdb4764 R12: ffffffffa0652260
[ 95.493389] R13: ffffffffa06522e0 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 95.495035] acpi_safe_halt+0x14/0x20
[ 95.496127] acpi_idle_do_entry+0x2f/0x50
[ 95.497221] acpi_idle_enter+0x7f/0xd0
[ 95.498272] cpuidle_enter_state+0x81/0x420
[ 95.499375] cpuidle_enter+0x2d/0x40
[ 95.500400] do_idle+0x1e5/0x240
[ 95.501385] cpu_startup_entry+0x29/0x30
[ 95.502422] start_secondary+0x11c/0x140
[ 95.503454] common_startup_64+0x13e/0x141
[ 95.504466] </TASK>
[ 95.505197] Modules linked in: nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4
nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6
nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ip
---truncated---

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-07-12 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-07-12 CVE Published
  • 2024-07-13 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-99: Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.3 < 6.6.35
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.3 < 6.9.6
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
>= 6.3 < 6.10
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en
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