CVE-2024-46766 ice: move netif_queue_set_napi to rtnl-protected sections
A race condition in the Intel ice network driver causes out-of-bounds writes, potentially allowing local attackers to execute code or crash the system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
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- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-46766?
CVE-2024-46766 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 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:
ice: move netif_queue_set_napi to rtnl-protected sections
Currently, netif_queue_set_napi() is called from ice_vsi_rebuild() that is not rtnl-locked when called from the reset. This creates the need to take the rtnl_lock just for a single function and complicates the synchronization with .ndo_bpf. At the same time, there no actual need to fill napi-to-queue information at this exact point.
Fill napi-to-queue information when opening the VSI and clear it when the VSI is being closed. Those routines are already rtnl-locked.
Also, rewrite napi-to-queue assignment in a way that prevents inclusion of XDP queues, as this leads to out-of-bounds writes, such as one below.
[ +0.000004] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in netif_queue_set_napi+0x1c2/0x1e0 [ +0.000012] Write of size 8 at addr ffff889881727c80 by task bash/7047 [ +0.000006] CPU: 24 PID: 7047 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.10.0-rc2+ #2 [ +0.000004] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600WFT/S2600WFT, BIOS SE5C620.86B.02.01.0014.082620210524 08/26/2021 [ +0.000003] Call Trace: [ +0.000003] <TASK> [ +0.000002] dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x80 [ +0.000007] print_report+0xce/0x630 [ +0.000007] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10 [ +0.000007] ? __virt_addr_valid+0x1c9/0x2c0 [ +0.000005] ? netif_queue_set_napi+0x1c2/0x1e0 [ +0.000003] kasan_report+0xe9/0x120 [ +0.000004] ? netif_queue_set_napi+0x1c2/0x1e0 [ +0.000004] netif_queue_set_napi+0x1c2/0x1e0 [ +0.000005] ice_vsi_close+0x161/0x670 [ice] [ +0.000114] ice_dis_vsi+0x22f/0x270 [ice] [ +0.000095] ice_pf_dis_all_vsi.constprop.0+0xae/0x1c0 [ice] [ +0.000086] ice_prepare_for_reset+0x299/0x750 [ice] [ +0.000087] pci_dev_save_and_disable+0x82/0xd0 [ +0.000006] pci_reset_function+0x12d/0x230 [ +0.000004] reset_store+0xa0/0x100 [ +0.000006] ? __pfx_reset_store+0x10/0x10 [ +0.000002] ? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10 [ +0.000004] ? __check_object_size+0x4c1/0x640 [ +0.000007] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x30b/0x4a0 [ +0.000006] vfs_write+0x5d6/0xdf0 [ +0.000005] ? fd_install+0x180/0x350 [ +0.000005] ? __pfx_vfs_write+0x10/0xA10 [ +0.000004] ? do_fcntl+0x52c/0xcd0 [ +0.000004] ? kasan_save_track+0x13/0x60 [ +0.000003] ? kasan_save_free_info+0x37/0x60 [ +0.000006] ksys_write+0xfa/0x1d0 [ +0.000003] ? __pfx_ksys_write+0x10/0x10 [ +0.000002] ? __x64_sys_fcntl+0x121/0x180 [ +0.000004] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x87/0xe0 [ +0.000005] do_syscall_64+0x80/0x170 [ +0.000007] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x87/0xe0 [ +0.000004] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10 [ +0.000003] ? file_close_fd_locked+0x167/0x230 [ +0.000005] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x7d/0x220 [ +0.000005] ? do_syscall_64+0x8c/0x170 [ +0.000004] ? do_syscall_64+0x8c/0x170 [ +0.000003] ? do_syscall_64+0x8c/0x170 [ +0.000003] ? fput+0x1a/0x2c0 [ +0.000004] ? filp_close+0x19/0x30 [ +0.000004] ? do_dup2+0x25a/0x4c0 [ +0.000004] ? __x64_sys_dup2+0x6e/0x2e0 [ +0.000002] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x7d/0x220 [ +0.000004] ? do_syscall_64+0x8c/0x170 [ +0.000003] ? __count_memcg_events+0x113/0x380 [ +0.000005] ? handle_mm_fault+0x136/0x820 [ +0.000005] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x444/0xa80 [ +0.000004] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x25/0x80 [ +0.000004] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x25/0x80 [ +0.000002] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [ +0.000005] RIP: 0033:0x7f2033593154
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46766?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-46766?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-46766 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46766 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-46766, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46766, GHSA-rm2h-fhqm-923f, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46766.