CVE-2024-53240

xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device

MEDIUM

5.7

CVSS Score

Published: December 24, 2024 at 09:22 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:08 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

MEDIUM5.7

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device When removing a netfront device directly after a suspend/resume cycle it might happen that the queues have not been setup again, causing a crash during the attempt to stop the queues another time. Fix that by checking the queues are existing before trying to stop them. This is XSA-465 / CVE-2024-53240.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

v ≥ 4.19.269v ≥ 6.0.134.19.269 ≤ v < 4.205.10.159 ≤ v < 5.10.2325.15.83 ≤ v < 5.15.1755.4.227 ≤ v < 5.4.2886.0.13 ≤ v < 6.16.1 ≤ v < 6.1.1216.1 ≤ v < 6.12.66.1 ≤ v < 6.136.1 ≤ v < 6.6.676.1.1 ≤ v < 6.1.1216.2 ≤ v < 6.6.676.7 ≤ v < 6.12.64.19.269 5.10.159 5.15.83 5.4.227 6.0.13 6.1 6.13 rc1 6.13 rc2 6.13 rc399859947517e446058ad7243ee81d2f9801fa3ddd50b7914fae04d840ce36491d22133070b18cca9e6860c889f4ad50b6ab696f5ea154295d72cf27ae6e897d4fe2f89c0bd94600a40bedf5e6e75e050ed773dd798bf720756d20021b8d8a4a3d7184bdaf2dd60fd3fe98bd36a91b0c6e10bfe9d66258f84

Vendor states this is fixed in 1d5354a9182b6d302ae10367cbec1ca339d4e4e7 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 20f7f0cf7af5d81b218202ef504223af84b16a8f (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 2657ba851fa3381256d81e431b20041dc232fd88 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 7728e974ffbf14f17648dd92ea640b42b654d47c (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 8b41e6bccf7de93982781be4125211443382e66d (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in f9244fb55f37356f75c739c57323d9422d7aa0f8 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in fe9a8f5250aed0948b668c8a4e051e3b0fc29f09 (fixed)

Affected range stops below 4.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.232 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.175 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.288 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1 (unaffected)