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CVE-2024-44932

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the idpf driver has a use-after-free issue when destroying queues. The driver frees interrupt vectors with embedded NAPIs before freeing the queues, causing page_pool NAPI pointers to reference freed memory. The fix inverts allocation and freeing logic so vectors are allocated first and freed last.

Risk Assessment

A system crash or kernel memory corruption may occur when destroying network queues, potentially allowing a local attacker to destabilize the system or escalate privileges.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the idpf driver fix. Avoid dynamically creating and destroying idpf queues until the update is deployed.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: fix UAFs when destroying the queues The second tagged commit started sometimes (very rarely, but possible) throwing WARNs from net/core/page_pool.c:page_pool_disable_direct_recycling(). Turned out idpf frees interrupt vectors with embedded NAPIs *before* freeing the queues making page_pools' NAPI pointers lead to freed memory before these pools are destroyed by libeth. It's not clear whether there are other accesses to the freed vectors when destroying the queues, but anyway, we usually free queue/interrupt vectors only when the queues are destroyed and the NAPIs are guaranteed to not be referenced anywhere. Invert the allocation and freeing logic making queue/interrupt vectors be allocated first and freed last. Vectors don't require queues to be present, so this is safe. Additionally, this change allows to remove that useless queue->q_vector pointer cleanup, as vectors are still valid when freeing the queues (+ both are freed within one function, so it's not clear why nullify the pointers at all).

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