Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: stmmac: Disable Tx queues when reconfiguring the interface
The Tx queues were not disabled in situations where the driver needed to stop the interface to apply a new configuration. This could result in a kernel panic when doing any of the 3 following actions: * reconfiguring the number of queues (ethtool -L) * reconfiguring the size of the ring buffers (ethtool -G) * installing/removing an XDP program (ip l set dev ethX xdp)
Prevent the panic by making sure netif_tx_disable is called when stopping an interface.
Without this patch, the following kernel panic can be observed when doing any of the actions above:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff80001238d040 [....] Call trace: dwmac4_set_addr+0x8/0x10 dev_hard_start_xmit+0xe4/0x1ac sch_direct_xmit+0xe8/0x39c __dev_queue_xmit+0x3ec/0xaf0 dev_queue_xmit+0x14/0x20 [...] [ end trace 0000000000000002 ]---
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 0366f7e06a6bee7eace3946a6b67fb88b828bc5c, < a92f0eebb8dc008b9e8c51c6f7b8c93b27a29a43; >= 0366f7e06a6bee7eace3946a6b67fb88b828bc5c, < b270bfe697367776eca2e6759a71d700fb8d82a2 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.10 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a92f0eebb8dc008b9e8c51c6f7b8c93b27a29a43Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b270bfe697367776eca2e6759a71d700fb8d82a2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a92f0eebb8dc008b9e8c51c6f7b8c93b27a29a43Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b270bfe697367776eca2e6759a71d700fb8d82a2Patch
Timeline
- Published
- May 24, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed