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🛡️ CVE-2024-46765 — kernel

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
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Description

ice: protect XDP configuration with a mutex

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

ice: protect XDP configuration with a mutex

The main threat to data consistency in ice_xdp() is a possible asynchronous

PF reset. It can be triggered by a user or by TX timeout handler.

XDP setup and PF reset code access the same resources in the following

sections:

  • ice_vsi_close() in ice_prepare_for_reset() - already rtnl-locked
  • ice_vsi_rebuild() for the PF VSI - not protected
  • ice_vsi_open() - already rtnl-locked

With an unfortunate timing, such accesses can result in a crash such as the

one below:

[ +1.999878] ice 0000:b1:00.0: Registered XDP mem model MEM_TYPE_XSK_BUFF_POOL on Rx ring 14

[ +2.002992] ice 0000:b1:00.0: Registered XDP mem model MEM_TYPE_XSK_BUFF_POOL on Rx ring 18

[Mar15 18:17] ice 0000:b1:00.0 ens801f0np0: NETDEV WATCHDOG: CPU: 38: transmit queue 14 timed out 80692736 ms

[ +0.000093] ice 0000:b1:00.0 ens801f0np0: tx_timeout: VSI_num: 6, Q 14, NTC: 0x0, HW_HEAD: 0x0, NTU: 0x0, INT: 0x4000001

[ +0.000012] ice 0000:b1:00.0 ens801f0np0: tx_timeout recovery level 1, txqueue 14

[ +0.394718] ice 0000:b1:00.0: PTP reset successful

[ +0.006184] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000098

[ +0.000045] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode

[ +0.000023] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page

[ +0.000023] PGD 0 P4D 0

[ +0.000018] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI

[ +0.000023] CPU: 38 PID: 7540 Comm: kworker/38:1 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc7 #1

[ +0.000031] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600WFT/S2600WFT, BIOS SE5C620.86B.02.01.0014.082620210524 08/26/2021

[ +0.000036] Workqueue: ice ice_service_task [ice]

[ +0.000183] RIP: 0010:ice_clean_tx_ring+0xa/0xd0 [ice]

[...]

[ +0.000013] Call Trace:

[ +0.000016] <TASK>

[ +0.000014] ? __die+0x1f/0x70

[ +0.000029] ? page_fault_oops+0x171/0x4f0

[ +0.000029] ? schedule+0x3b/0xd0

[ +0.000027] ? exc_page_fault+0x7b/0x180

[ +0.000022] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30

[ +0.000031] ? ice_clean_tx_ring+0xa/0xd0 [ice]

[ +0.000194] ice_free_tx_ring+0xe/0x60 [ice]

[ +0.000186] ice_destroy_xdp_rings+0x157/0x310 [ice]

[ +0.000151] ice_vsi_decfg+0x53/0xe0 [ice]

[ +0.000180] ice_vsi_rebuild+0x239/0x540 [ice]

[ +0.000186] ice_vsi_rebuild_by_type+0x76/0x180 [ice]

[ +0.000145] ice_rebuild+0x18c/0x840 [ice]

[ +0.000145] ? delay_tsc+0x4a/0xc0

[ +0.000022] ? delay_tsc+0x92/0xc0

[ +0.000020] ice_do_reset+0x140/0x180 [ice]

[ +0.000886] ice_service_task+0x404/0x1030 [ice]

[ +0.000824] process_one_work+0x171/0x340

[ +0.000685] worker_thread+0x277/0x3a0

[ +0.000675] ? preempt_count_add+0x6a/0xa0

[ +0.000677] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x23/0x50

[ +0.000679] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10

[ +0.000653] kthread+0xf0/0x120

[ +0.000635] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10

[ +0.000616] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50

[ +0.000612] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10

[ +0.000604] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30

[ +0.000604] </TASK>

The previous way of handling this through returning -EBUSY is not viable,

particularly when destroying AF_XDP socket, because the kernel proceeds

with removal anyway.

There is plenty of code between those calls and there is no need to create

a large critical section that covers all of them, same as there is no need

to protect ice_vsi_rebuild() with rtnl_lock().

Add xdp_state_lock mutex to protect ice_vsi_rebuild() and ice_xdp().

Leaving unprotected sections in between would result in two states that

have to be considered:

1. when the VSI is closed, but not yet rebuild

2. when VSI is already rebuild, but not yet open

The latter case is actually already handled through !netif_running() case,

we just need to adjust flag checking a little. The former one is not as

trivial, because between ice_vsi_close() and ice_vsi_rebuild(), a lot of

hardware interaction happens, this can make adding/deleting rings exit

with an error. Luckily, VSI rebuild is pending and can apply new

configuration for us in a managed fashion.

Therefore, add an additional VSI state flag ICE_VSI_REBUILD_PENDING to

indicate that ice_x

---truncated---

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2024-46765 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.7.0 up to 6.10.10)
  • linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 18 September 2024 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

Other advisories for this package

kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity High
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-09-18
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.7.0 6.10.10
linux-kernel — —

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