Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-57994ptr_ring: do not block hard interrupts in ptr_ring_resize_multiple()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-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 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.5% 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: ptr_ring: do not block hard interrupts in ptr_ring_resize_multiple() Jakub added a lockdep_assert_no_hardirq() check in __page_pool_put_page() to increase test coverage. syzbot found a splat caused by hard irq blocking in ptr_ring_resize_multiple() [1] As current users of ptr_ring_resize_multiple() do not require hard irqs being masked, replace it to only block BH. Rename helpers to better reflect they are safe against BH only. - ptr_ring_resize_multiple() to ptr_ring_resize_multiple_bh() - skb_array_resize_multiple() to skb_array_resize_multiple_bh() [1] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 9150 at net/core/page_pool.c:709 __page_pool_put_page net/core/page_pool.c:709 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 9150 at net/core/page_pool.c:709 page_pool_put_unrefed_netmem+0x157/0xa40 net/core/page_pool.c:780 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9150 Comm: syz.1.1052 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc3-syzkaller-00202-gf8669d7b5f5d #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024 RIP: 0010:__page_pool_put_page net/core/page_pool.c:709 [inline] RIP: 0010:page_pool_put_unrefed_netmem+0x157/0xa40 net/core/page_pool.c:780 Code: 74 0e e8 7c aa fb f7 eb 43 e8 75 aa fb f7 eb 3c 65 8b 1d 38 a8 6a 76 31 ff 89 de e8 a3 ae fb f7 85 db 74 0b e8 5a aa fb f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb 1d 65 8b 1d 15 a8 6a 76 31 ff 89 de e8 84 ae fb f7 85 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000bda6b58 EFLAGS: 00010083 RAX: ffffffff8997e523 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000040000 RDX: ffffc9000fbd0000 RSI: 0000000000001842 RDI: 0000000000001843 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff8997df2c R09: 1ffffd40003a000d R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff940003a000e R12: ffffea0001d00040 R13: ffff88802e8a4000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 00000000ffffffff FS: 00007fb7aaf716c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fa15a0d4b72 CR3: 00000000561b0000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> tun_ptr_free drivers/net/tun.c:617 [inline] __ptr_ring_swap_queue include/linux/ptr_ring.h:571 [inline] ptr_ring_resize_multiple_noprof include/linux/ptr_ring.h:643 [inline] tun_queue_resize drivers/net/tun.c:3694 [inline] tun_device_event+0xaaf/0x1080 drivers/net/tun.c:3714 notifier_call_chain+0x19f/0x3e0 kernel/notifier.c:93 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2032 [inline] call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2046 [inline] dev_change_tx_queue_len+0x158/0x2a0 net/core/dev.c:9024 do_setlink+0xff6/0x41f0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:2923 rtnl_setlink+0x40d/0x5a0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3201 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x73f/0xcf0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6647 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57994
Debian:14linux6.12.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-64.67UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-64.67USN-7651-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1032.34UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1032.34USN-7651-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1034.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1034.39USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1022.23USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1022.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1033.35USN-7651-4
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1033.35UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1USN-7651-4
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1028.32USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1015.17USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1015.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-26.26~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-26.26~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67~22.04.1USN-7653-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1029.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1029.29USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1029.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1029.29~22.04.1USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-64.67.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-64.67.1USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1USN-7521-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1031.34USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1031.34UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1031.34~22.04.1USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1031.34~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1031.34.1USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1031.34.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1022.22USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1031.31UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1031.31USN-7651-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1029.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1029.30USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1029.30~22.04.1USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1029.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1031.35UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1031.35USN-7651-6
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-64.67~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57994

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux ff4e538c8c3e675a15e1e49509c55951832e0451 – before 572777a258c048e0d0fb3a0c47430eadcefe80c0ff4e538c8c3e675a15e1e49509c55951832e0451 – before 3257dac521d0ac6653108c755141dce634bb8ff2ff4e538c8c3e675a15e1e49509c55951832e0451 – before e74801b7628dc52b17471aec729bc675479ddc73ff4e538c8c3e675a15e1e49509c55951832e0451 – before a126061c80d5efb4baef4bcf346094139cd81df6
Linux Linux 6.6

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