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Vulnerability CVE-2024-43835
Published: 2024-08-17
| 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. |
References: |
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/468a729b78895893d0e580ceea49bed8ada2a2bd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8321fa75102246d7415a6af441872f6637c93ab
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