Vulnerability CVE-2024-40937
Published: 2024-07-12

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

gve: Clear napi->skb before dev_kfree_skb_any()

gve_rx_free_skb incorrectly leaves napi->skb referencing an skb after it
is freed with dev_kfree_skb_any(). This can result in a subsequent call
to napi_get_frags returning a dangling pointer.

Fix this by clearing napi->skb before the skb is freed.

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75afd8724739ee5ed8165acde5f6ac3988b485cc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d221284991118c0ab16480b53baecd857c0bc442
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ce5341c36993b776012601921d7688693f8c037
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a68184d5b420ea4fc7e6b7ceb52bbc66f90d3c50
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f4d93b78ade0a4c2cafd587f7b429ce95abb02e
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