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

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Nov 21, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 24, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

virtio_pci: Fix admin vq cleanup by using correct info pointer

vp_modern_avq_cleanup() and vp_del_vqs() clean up admin vq
resources by virtio_pci_vq_info pointer. The info pointer of admin
vq is stored in vp_dev->admin_vq.info instead of vp_dev->vqs[].
Using the info pointer from vp_dev->vqs[] for admin vq causes a
kernel NULL pointer dereference bug.
In vp_modern_avq_cleanup() and vp_del_vqs(), get the info pointer
from vp_dev->admin_vq.info for admin vq to clean up the resources.
Also make info ptr as argument of vp_del_vq() to be symmetric with
vp_setup_vq().

vp_reset calls vp_modern_avq_cleanup, and causes the Call Trace:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:0000000000000000
...
CPU: 49 UID: 0 PID: 4439 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.11.0-rc5 #1
RIP: 0010:vp_reset+0x57/0x90 [virtio_pci]
Call Trace:

...
? vp_reset+0x57/0x90 [virtio_pci]
? vp_reset+0x38/0x90 [virtio_pci]
virtio_reset_device+0x1d/0x30
remove_vq_common+0x1c/0x1a0 [virtio_net]
virtnet_remove+0xa1/0xc0 [virtio_net]
virtio_dev_remove+0x46/0xa0
...
virtio_pci_driver_exit+0x14/0x810 [virtio_pci]

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 21, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 21, 2024
Last updated Dec 24, 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

0.043%
(11th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-53092

GHSA ID

GHSA-p7x7-vrh2-wvvc

Source code

No known source code

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