Improper Locking Affecting kernel-devel package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELDEVEL-7760655
- published 21 Aug 2024
- disclosed 17 Aug 2024
Introduced: 17 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-43835 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:8 kernel-devel.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
virtio_net: Fix napi_skb_cache_put warning
After the commit bdacf3e34945 ("net: Use nested-BH locking for napi_alloc_cache.") was merged, the following warning began to appear:
WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 1 at net/core/skbuff.c:1451 napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0
__warn+0x12f/0x340
napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0
napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0
report_bug+0x165/0x370
handle_bug+0x3d/0x80
exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x50
asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
__free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510
napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0
__free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510
__free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510
__pfx___free_old_xmit+0x10/0x10
The issue arises because virtio is assuming it's running in NAPI context even when it's not, such as in the netpoll case.
To resolve this, modify virtnet_poll_tx() to only set NAPI when budget is available. Same for virtnet_poll_cleantx(), which always assumed that it was in a NAPI context.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43835
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19ac6f29bf64304ef04630c8ab56ecd2059d7aa1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/468a729b78895893d0e580ceea49bed8ada2a2bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b5325f2457521bbece29499970c0117a648c620
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/842a97b5e44f0c8a9fc356fe976e0e13ddcf7783
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc7340f18e45886121c131227985d64ef666012f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3af435e8ace119e58d8e21d3d2d6a4e7c4a4baa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5e9a22d19bb98a7e86034db85eb295e94187caa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8321fa75102246d7415a6af441872f6637c93ab