# CVE-2024-44984: bnxt_en: Fix double DMA unmapping for XDP_REDIRECT

> A double DMA unmapping bug in the bnxt_en network driver can cause a kernel warning and potential system instability or crash.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/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:** 4 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-44984, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44984, GHSA-w62v-m336-jqj7, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44984

## What is CVE-2024-44984?

CVE-2024-44984 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Sep 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:

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44984?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-44984?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-44984 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44984 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-44984 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-44984 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Sep 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-2024-44984 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-2024-44984/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44984/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-44984
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44984
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-44984

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44984/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.