# CVE-2024-26881: net: hns3: fix kernel crash when 1588 is received on HIP08 devices

> A remote attacker can cause a kernel crash on HIP08 devices by sending 1588 messages, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-40177, BELL-CVE-2024-26881, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26881, GHSA-3c47-wmc3-5xqx, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26881

## What is CVE-2024-26881?

CVE-2024-26881 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

net: hns3: fix kernel crash when 1588 is received on HIP08 devices

The HIP08 devices does not register the ptp devices, so the
hdev->ptp is NULL, but the hardware can receive 1588 messages,
and set the HNS3_RXD_TS_VLD_B bit, so, if match this case, the
access of hdev->ptp->flags will cause a kernel crash:

[ 5888.946472] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000018
[ 5888.946475] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000018
...
[ 5889.266118] pc : hclge_ptp_get_rx_hwts+0x40/0x170 [hclge]
[ 5889.272612] lr : hclge_ptp_get_rx_hwts+0x34/0x170 [hclge]
[ 5889.279101] sp : ffff800012c3bc50
[ 5889.283516] x29: ffff800012c3bc50 x28: ffff2040002be040
[ 5889.289927] x27: ffff800009116484 x26: 0000000080007500
[ 5889.296333] x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff204001c6f000
[ 5889.302738] x23: ffff204144f53c00 x22: 0000000000000000
[ 5889.309134] x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffff204004220080
[ 5889.315520] x19: ffff204144f53c00 x18: 0000000000000000
[ 5889.321897] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000
[ 5889.328263] x15: 0000004000140ec8 x14: 0000000000000000
[ 5889.334617] x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 00000000010011df
[ 5889.340965] x11: bbfeff4d22000000 x10: 0000000000000000
[ 5889.347303] x9 : ffff800009402124 x8 : 0200f78811dfbb4d
[ 5889.353637] x7 : 2200000000191b01 x6 : ffff208002a7d480
[ 5889.359959] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000
[ 5889.366271] x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000
[ 5889.372567] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff20400095c080
[ 5889.378857] Call trace:
[ 5889.382285] hclge_ptp_get_rx_hwts+0x40/0x170 [hclge]
[ 5889.388304] hns3_handle_bdinfo+0x324/0x410 [hns3]
[ 5889.394055] hns3_handle_rx_bd+0x60/0x150 [hns3]
[ 5889.399624] hns3_clean_rx_ring+0x84/0x170 [hns3]
[ 5889.405270] hns3_nic_common_poll+0xa8/0x220 [hns3]
[ 5889.411084] napi_poll+0xcc/0x264
[ 5889.415329] net_rx_action+0xd4/0x21c
[ 5889.419911] __do_softirq+0x130/0x358
[ 5889.424484] irq_exit+0x134/0x154
[ 5889.428700] __handle_domain_irq+0x88/0xf0
[ 5889.433684] gic_handle_irq+0x78/0x2c0
[ 5889.438319] el1_irq+0xb8/0x140
[ 5889.442354] arch_cpu_idle+0x18/0x40
[ 5889.446816] default_idle_call+0x5c/0x1c0
[ 5889.451714] cpuidle_idle_call+0x174/0x1b0
[ 5889.456692] do_idle+0xc8/0x160
[ 5889.460717] cpu_startup_entry+0x30/0xfc
[ 5889.465523] secondary_start_kernel+0x158/0x1ec
[ 5889.470936] Code: 97ffab78 f9411c14 91408294 f9457284 (f9400c80)
[ 5889.477950] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
[ 5890.514626] SMP: failed to stop secondary CPUs 0-69,71-95
[ 5890.522951] Starting crashdump kernel...

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26881?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26881?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26881 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26881 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26881 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26881 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26881 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26881/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26881/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26881
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26881
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26881

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26881/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.