Bug 2327202 (CVE-2024-50298)

Summary:	CVE-2024-50298 kernel: net: enetc: allocate vf_state during PF probes
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-11-19 02:03:38 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: enetc: allocate vf_state during PF probes

In the previous implementation, vf_state is allocated memory only when VF
is enabled. However, net_device_ops::ndo_set_vf_mac() may be called before
VF is enabled to configure the MAC address of VF. If this is the case,
enetc_pf_set_vf_mac() will access vf_state, resulting in access to a null
pointer. The simplified error log is as follows.

root@ls1028ardb:~# ip link set eno0 vf 1 mac 00:0c:e7:66:77:89
[  173.543315] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000004
[  173.637254] pc : enetc_pf_set_vf_mac+0x3c/0x80 Message from sy
[  173.641973] lr : do_setlink+0x4a8/0xec8
[  173.732292] Call trace:
[  173.734740]  enetc_pf_set_vf_mac+0x3c/0x80
[  173.738847]  __rtnl_newlink+0x530/0x89c
[  173.742692]  rtnl_newlink+0x50/0x7c
[  173.746189]  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x128/0x390
[  173.750298]  netlink_rcv_skb+0x60/0x130
[  173.754145]  rtnetlink_rcv+0x18/0x24
[  173.757731]  netlink_unicast+0x318/0x380
[  173.761665]  netlink_sendmsg+0x17c/0x3c8

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-11-19 04:20:07 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024111903-CVE-2024-50298-2ef7@gregkh/T