Vulnerability · Published Apr 3, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-26766IB/hfi1: Fix sdma.h tx->num_descs off-by-one error

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/hfi1: Fix sdma.h tx->num_descs off-by-one error Unfortunately the commit `fd8958efe877` introduced another error causing the `descs` array to overflow. This reults in further crashes easily reproducible by `sendmsg` system call. [ 1080.836473] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x400300015528b00a: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [ 1080.869326] RIP: 0010:hfi1_ipoib_build_ib_tx_headers.constprop.0+0xe1/0x2b0 [hfi1] -- [ 1080.974535] Call Trace: [ 1080.976990] <TASK> [ 1081.021929] hfi1_ipoib_send_dma_common+0x7a/0x2e0 [hfi1] [ 1081.027364] hfi1_ipoib_send_dma_list+0x62/0x270 [hfi1] [ 1081.032633] hfi1_ipoib_send+0x112/0x300 [hfi1] [ 1081.042001] ipoib_start_xmit+0x2a9/0x2d0 [ib_ipoib] [ 1081.046978] dev_hard_start_xmit+0xc4/0x210 -- [ 1081.148347] __sys_sendmsg+0x59/0xa0 crash> ipoib_txreq 0xffff9cfeba229f00 struct ipoib_txreq { txreq = { list = { next = 0xffff9cfeba229f00, prev = 0xffff9cfeba229f00 }, descp = 0xffff9cfeba229f40, coalesce_buf = 0x0, wait = 0xffff9cfea4e69a48, complete = 0xffffffffc0fe0760 <hfi1_ipoib_sdma_complete>, packet_len = 0x46d, tlen = 0x0, num_desc = 0x0, desc_limit = 0x6, next_descq_idx = 0x45c, coalesce_idx = 0x0, flags = 0x0, descs = {{ qw = {0x8024000120dffb00, 0x4} # SDMA_DESC0_FIRST_DESC_FLAG (bit 63) }, { qw = { 0x3800014231b108, 0x4} }, { qw = { 0x310000e4ee0fcf0, 0x8} }, { qw = { 0x3000012e9f8000, 0x8} }, { qw = { 0x59000dfb9d0000, 0x8} }, { qw = { 0x78000e02e40000, 0x8} }} }, sdma_hdr = 0x400300015528b000, <<< invalid pointer in the tx request structure sdma_status = 0x0, SDMA_DESC0_LAST_DESC_FLAG (bit 62) complete = 0x0, priv = 0x0, txq = 0xffff9cfea4e69880, skb = 0xffff9d099809f400 } If an SDMA send consists of exactly 6 descriptors and requires dword padding (in the 7th descriptor), the sdma_txreq descriptor array is not properly expanded and the packet will overflow into the container structure. This results in a panic when the send completion runs. The exact panic varies depending on what elements of the container structure get corrupted. The fix is to use the correct expression in _pad_sdma_tx_descs() to test the need to expand the descriptor array. With this patch the crashes are no longer reproducible and the machine is stable.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-abi-stablelists4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-core4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-cross-headers4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-core4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-devel4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-devel4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-doc4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-headers4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules-extra4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10ALSA-2026:1661
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-core4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10ALSA-2026:1661
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10ALSA-2026:1661
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10ALSA-2026:1661
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10ALSA-2026:1661
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10ALSA-2026:1661
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10ALSA-2026:1661
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10ALSA-2026:1661
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10ALSA-2026:1661
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10ALSA-2026:1661
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-core4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-devel4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8perf4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
AlmaLinux:8python3-perf4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:1662
Debian:12linux6.1.82-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26766
Debian:13linux6.7.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26766
Debian:14linux6.7.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26766
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10RLSA-2026:1662
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10RLSA-2026:1661
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-112.122UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-112.122USN-6820-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1063.69UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1063.69USN-6821-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1066.75USN-6821-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1066.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1067.76.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1065.74.1USN-6821-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1062.70USN-6820-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1062.70UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1060.66USN-6821-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1060.66UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1046.53UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1046.53USN-6821-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1056.59USN-6821-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1056.59UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1058.64USN-6821-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1058.64UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1060.65UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1060.65USN-6821-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-110.120USN-6820-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-110.120UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1058.59UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1058.59USN-6820-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1061.67USN-6821-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1061.67UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1058.61UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1030.34UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26766
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1030.34USN-6820-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux d1c1ee052d25ca23735eea912f843bc7834781b4 – before 115b7f3bc1dce590a6851a2dcf23dc1100c4979040ac5cb6cbb01afa40881f78b4d2f559fb7065c4 – before 5833024a9856f454a964a198c63a57e59e07baf56cf8f3d690bb5ad31ef0f41a6206ecf5a068d179 – before 3f38d22e645e2e994979426ea5a35186102ff3c2bd57756a7e43c7127d0eca1fc5868e705fd0f7ba – before 47ae64df23ed1318e27bd9844e135a5e1c0e6e39eeaf35f4e3b360162081de5e744cf32d6d1b0091 – before 52dc9a7a573dbf778625a0efca0fca55489f084bfd8958efe8779d3db19c9124fce593ce681ac709 – before a2fef1d81becf4ff60e1a249477464eae3c3bc2afd8958efe8779d3db19c9124fce593ce681ac709 – before 9034a1bec35e9f725315a3bb6002ef39666114d9fd8958efe8779d3db19c9124fce593ce681ac709 – before e6f57c6881916df39db7d95981a8ad2b9c3458d6
Linux Linux 6.3

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