Bug 2297521 (CVE-2024-40937)

Summary: CVE-2024-40937 kernel: gve: Clear napi->skb before dev_kfree_skb_any()
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: kernel 5.15.162, kernel 6.1.95, kernel 6.6.35, kernel 6.9.6, kernel 6.10-rc4 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's gve component, where the gve_rx_free_skb function incorrectly left napi->skb referencing a freed socket buffer (skb) after calling dev_kfree_skb_any(), which could lead to a dangling pointer being returned by napi_get_frags on subsequent calls.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-07-12 13:36:03 UTC 
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.