CVE-2024-57933

gve: guard XSK operations on the existence of queues

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:14 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: guard XSK operations on the existence of queues This patch predicates the enabling and disabling of XSK pools on the existence of queues. As it stands, if the interface is down, disabling or enabling XSK pools would result in a crash, as the RX queue pointer would be NULL. XSK pool registration will occur as part of the next interface up. Similarly, xsk_wakeup needs be guarded against queues disappearing while the function is executing, so a check against the GVE_PRIV_FLAGS_NAPI_ENABLED flag is added to synchronize with the disabling of the bit and the synchronize_net() in gve_turndown.

Affected

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

6.4 ≤ v < 6.12.96.4 ≤ v < 6.136.4 ≤ v < 6.6.706.7 ≤ v < 6.12.96.13 rc16.13 rc26.13 rc36.13 rc46.13 rc5fd8e40321a12391e6f554cc637d0c4b6109682a9
Vendor states this is fixed in 40338d7987d810fcaa95c500b1068a52b08eec9b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 771d66f2bd8c4dba1286a9163ab982cecd825718 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8e8d7037c89437af12725f454e2eaf40e8166c0f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.70 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40338d7987d810fcaa95c500b1068a52b08eec9b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/771d66f2bd8c4dba1286a9163ab982cecd825718
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e8d7037c89437af12725f454e2eaf40e8166c0f

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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