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CVE-2024-44984

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-09-04
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.6.48 / 6.10.7 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Fix double DMA unmapping for XDP_REDIRECT Remove the dma_unmap_page_attrs() call in the driver's XDP_REDIRECT code path. This should have been removed when we let the page pool handle the DMA mapping. This bug causes the warning: WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 59 at drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c:1198 iommu_dma_unmap_page+0xd5/0x100 CPU: 7 PID: 59 Comm: ksoftirqd/7 Tainted: G W 6.8.0-1010-gcp #11-Ubuntu Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R7525/0PYVT1, BIOS 2.15.2 04/02/2024 RIP: 0010:iommu_dma_unmap_page+0xd5/0x100 Code: 89 ee 48 89 df e8 cb f2 69 ff 48 83 c4 08 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d 31 c0 31 d2 31 c9 31 f6 31 ff 45 31 c0 e9 ab 17 71 00 <0f> 0b 48 83 c4 08 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d 31 c0 31 d2 31 c9 RSP: 0018:ffffab1fc0597a48 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff99ff838280c8 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffab1fc0597a78 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: ffffab1fc0597c1c R10: ffffab1fc0597cd3 R11: ffff99ffe375acd8 R12: 00000000e65b9000 R13: 0000000000000050 R14: 0000000000001000 R15: 0000000000000002 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9a06efb80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000565c34c37210 CR3: 00000005c7e3e000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 ? show_regs+0x6d/0x80 ? __warn+0x89/0x150 ? iommu_dma_unmap_page+0xd5/0x100 ? report_bug+0x16a/0x190 ? handle_bug+0x51/0xa0 ? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x80 ? iommu_dma_unmap_page+0xd5/0x100 ? iommu_dma_unmap_page+0x35/0x100 dma_unmap_page_attrs+0x55/0x220 ? bpf_prog_4d7e87c0d30db711_xdp_dispatcher+0x64/0x9f bnxt_rx_xdp+0x237/0x520 [bnxt_en] bnxt_rx_pkt+0x640/0xdd0 [bnxt_en] __bnxt_poll_work+0x1a1/0x3d0 [bnxt_en] bnxt_poll+0xaa/0x1e0 [bnxt_en] __napi_poll+0x33/0x1e0 net_rx_action+0x18a/0x2f0

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 6.6, < 6.6.48>= 6.7, < 6.10.7= 6.11

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 6.6.48 / 6.10.7 or later
Fixed in 6.6.486.10.7
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux kernel 6.6.48, 6.10.7, or later 6.11.x versions

  1. Upgrade the Linux kernel to version 6.6.48 or later if using the 6.6.x branch
  2. If using the 6.7.x through 6.10.x branch, upgrade to kernel version 6.10.7 or later
  3. If using kernel 6.11.x, upgrade to the latest available 6.11.x version which includes the fix
  4. After kernel upgrade, reboot the system to load the fixed kernel
  5. The specific commit fixing this issue is: 8baeef7616d5194045c5a6b97fd1246b87c55b13
Caveat Kernel upgrades may introduce changes to other drivers or APIs; ensure compatibility with user-space tools and custom modules before production deployment

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