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TI-2024-17730 Aliases CVE-2024-26859GHSA-3959-j6xj-m4c3

net/bnx2x: Prevent access to a freed page in page_pool

Priority LOW 21CWE-362Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/bnx2x: Prevent access to a freed page in page_pool Fix race condition leading to system crash during EEH error handling During EEH error recovery, the bnx2x driver's transmit timeout logic could cause a race condition when handling reset tasks. The bnx2x_tx_timeout() schedules reset tasks via bnx2x_sp_rtnl_task(), which ultimately leads to bnx2x_nic_unload(). In bnx2x_nic_unload() SGEs are freed using bnx2x_free_rx_sge_range(). However, this could overlap with the EEH driver's attempt to reset the device using bnx2x_io_slot_reset(), which also tries to free SGEs. This race condition can result in system crashes due to accessing freed memory locations in bnx2x_free_rx_sge() 799 static inline void bnx2x_free_rx_sge(struct bnx2x *bp, 800 struct bnx2x_fastpath *fp, u16 index) 801 { 802 struct sw_rx_page *sw_buf = &fp->rx_page_ring[index]; 803 struct page *page = sw_buf->page; .... where sw_buf was set to NULL after the call to dma_unmap_page() by the preceding thread. EEH: Beginning: 'slot_reset' PCI 0011:01:00.0#10000: EEH: Invoking bnx2x->slot_reset() bnx2x: [bnx2x_io_slot_reset:14228(eth1)]IO slot reset initializing... bnx2x 0011:01:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142) bnx2x: [bnx2x_io_slot_reset:14244(eth1)]IO slot reset --> driver unload Kernel attempted to read user page (0) - exploit attempt? (uid: 0) BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000000 Faulting instruction address: 0xc0080000025065fc Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] ..... Call Trace: [c000000003c67a20] [c00800000250658c] bnx2x_io_slot_reset+0x204/0x610 [bnx2x] (unreliable) [c000000003c67af0] [c0000000000518a8] eeh_report_reset+0xb8/0xf0 [c000000003c67b60] [c000000000052130] eeh_pe_report+0x180/0x550 [c000000003c67c70] [c00000000005318c] eeh_handle_normal_event+0x84c/0xa60 [c000000003c67d50] [c000000000053a84] eeh_event_handler+0xf4/0x170 [c000000003c67da0] [c000000000194c58] kthread+0x1c8/0x1d0 [c000000003c67e10] [c00000000000cf64] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64 To solve this issue, we need to verify page pool allocations before freeing.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00182 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 4.19.311, 5.4.273, 5.10.214 +6Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux4.2 and later4.19.311, 5.4.273, 5.10.214, 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2, 6.9Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.2 and later Fixed in 4.19.311, 5.4.273, 5.10.214, 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2, 6.9 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2 to before 4.19.311; 4.20 to before 5.4.273; 5.5 to before 5.10.214; 5.11 to before 5.15.153; 5.16 to before 6.1.83; 6.2 to before 6.6.23; 6.7 to before 6.7.11; 6.8 to before 6.8.2VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 to before 4.19.311; 4.20 to before 5.4.273; 5.5 to before 5.10.214; 5.11 to before 5.15.153; 5.16 to before 6.1.83; 6.2 to before 6.6.23; 6.7 to before 6.7.11; 6.8 to before 6.8.2 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.19.311, 5.4.273, 5.10.214, 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2, 6.9

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:4352 Released 2024-07-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel-rt security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 +7
  • RHSA-2024:4211 Released 2024-07-02 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10, kernel-4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2024:4211
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2024:4211
Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2024:4352
Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2024:4352
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-26859
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3959-j6xj-m4c3

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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