CVE-2024-44995 net: hns3: fix a deadlock problem when config TC during resetting

What is CVE-2024-44995?

CVE-2024-44995 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

net: hns3: fix a deadlock problem when config TC during resetting

When config TC during the reset process, may cause a deadlock, the flow is as below: pf reset start │ ▼ ...... setup tc │ │ ▼ ▼ DOWN: napi_disable() napi_disable()(skip) │ │ │ ▼ ▼ ...... ...... │ │ ▼ │ napi_enable() │ ▼ UINIT: netif_napi_del() │ ▼ ...... │ ▼ INIT: netif_napi_add() │ ▼ ...... global reset start │ │ ▼ ▼ UP: napi_enable()(skip) ...... │ │ ▼ ▼ ...... napi_disable()

In reset process, the driver will DOWN the port and then UINIT, in this case, the setup tc process will UP the port before UINIT, so cause the problem. Adds a DOWN process in UINIT to fix it.

Weakness: CWE-667

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44995?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-44995?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-44995 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44995 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-48735, AZL-48783, BELL-CVE-2024-44995, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44995, GHSA-435p-f446-gxf4, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44995.