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CVE-2024-50042

ice: Fix increasing MSI-X on VF

Severity Score

7.1
*CVSS v3

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: ice: Fix increasing MSI-X on VF Increasing MSI-X value on a VF leads to invalid memory operations. This
is caused by not reallocating some arrays. Reproducer: modprobe ice echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/$PF_PCI/sriov_drivers_autoprobe echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/$PF_PCI/sriov_numvfs echo 17 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/$VF0_PCI/sriov_vf_msix_count Default MSI-X is 16, so 17 and above triggers this issue. KASAN reports: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats+0x38d/0x4b0 [ice] Read of size 8 at addr ffff8888b937d180 by task bash/28433 (...) Call Trace: (...) ? ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats+0x38d/0x4b0 [ice] kasan_report+0xed/0x120 ? ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats+0x38d/0x4b0 [ice] ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats+0x38d/0x4b0 [ice] ice_vsi_cfg_def+0x3360/0x4770 [ice] ? mutex_unlock+0x83/0xd0 ? __pfx_ice_vsi_cfg_def+0x10/0x10 [ice] ? __pfx_ice_remove_vsi_lkup_fltr+0x10/0x10 [ice] ice_vsi_cfg+0x7f/0x3b0 [ice] ice_vf_reconfig_vsi+0x114/0x210 [ice] ice_sriov_set_msix_vec_count+0x3d0/0x960 [ice] sriov_vf_msix_count_store+0x21c/0x300 (...) Allocated by task 28201: (...) ice_vsi_cfg_def+0x1c8e/0x4770 [ice] ice_vsi_cfg+0x7f/0x3b0 [ice] ice_vsi_setup+0x179/0xa30 [ice] ice_sriov_configure+0xcaa/0x1520 [ice] sriov_numvfs_store+0x212/0x390 (...) To fix it, use ice_vsi_rebuild() instead of ice_vf_reconfig_vsi(). This
causes the required arrays to be reallocated taking the new queue count
into account (ice_vsi_realloc_stat_arrays()). Set req_txq and req_rxq
before ice_vsi_rebuild(), so that realloc uses the newly set queue
count. Additionally, ice_vsi_rebuild() does not remove VSI filters
(ice_fltr_remove_all()), so ice_vf_init_host_cfg() is no longer
necessary.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: Fix increasing MSI-X on VF Increasing MSI-X value on a VF leads to invalid memory operations. This is caused by not reallocating some arrays. Reproducer: modprobe ice echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/$PF_PCI/sriov_drivers_autoprobe echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/$PF_PCI/sriov_numvfs echo 17 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/$VF0_PCI/sriov_vf_msix_count Default MSI-X is 16, so 17 and above triggers this issue. KASAN reports: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats+0x38d/0x4b0 [ice] Read of size 8 at addr ffff8888b937d180 by task bash/28433 (...) Call Trace: (...) ? ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats+0x38d/0x4b0 [ice] kasan_report+0xed/0x120 ? ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats+0x38d/0x4b0 [ice] ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats+0x38d/0x4b0 [ice] ice_vsi_cfg_def+0x3360/0x4770 [ice] ? mutex_unlock+0x83/0xd0 ? __pfx_ice_vsi_cfg_def+0x10/0x10 [ice] ? __pfx_ice_remove_vsi_lkup_fltr+0x10/0x10 [ice] ice_vsi_cfg+0x7f/0x3b0 [ice] ice_vf_reconfig_vsi+0x114/0x210 [ice] ice_sriov_set_msix_vec_count+0x3d0/0x960 [ice] sriov_vf_msix_count_store+0x21c/0x300 (...) Allocated by task 28201: (...) ice_vsi_cfg_def+0x1c8e/0x4770 [ice] ice_vsi_cfg+0x7f/0x3b0 [ice] ice_vsi_setup+0x179/0xa30 [ice] ice_sriov_configure+0xcaa/0x1520 [ice] sriov_numvfs_store+0x212/0x390 (...) To fix it, use ice_vsi_rebuild() instead of ice_vf_reconfig_vsi(). This causes the required arrays to be reallocated taking the new queue count into account (ice_vsi_realloc_stat_arrays()). Set req_txq and req_rxq before ice_vsi_rebuild(), so that realloc uses the newly set queue count. Additionally, ice_vsi_rebuild() does not remove VSI filters (ice_fltr_remove_all()), so ice_vf_init_host_cfg() is no longer necessary.

Attila Szász discovered that the HFS+ file system implementation in the Linux Kernel contained a heap overflow vulnerability. An attacker could use a specially crafted file system image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.

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CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-10-21 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-10-21 CVE Published
  • 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-31 EPSS Updated
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  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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>= 6.8 < 6.11.4
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.8 < 6.12
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Linux
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6.7.10
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