vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2024-43835: linux, linux-6.1 -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Aug 17, 2024 | Oct 7, 2024 | Jan 30, 2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
virtio_net: Fix napi_skb_cache_put warning
After the commit bdacf3e34945 ("net: Use nested-BH locking for
napi_alloc_cache.") was merged, the following warning began to appear:
WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 1 at net/core/skbuff.c:1451 napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0
__warn+0x12f/0x340
napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0
napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0
report_bug+0x165/0x370
handle_bug+0x3d/0x80
exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x50
asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
__free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510
napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0
__free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510
__free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510
__pfx___free_old_xmit+0x10/0x10
The issue arises because virtio is assuming it's running in NAPI context
even when it's not, such as in the netpoll case.
To resolve this, modify virtnet_poll_tx() to only set NAPI when budget
is available. Same for virtnet_poll_cleantx(), which always assumed that
it was in a NAPI context.
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