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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 19, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 30, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

mlxbf_gige: call request_irq() after NAPI initialized

The mlxbf_gige driver encounters a NULL pointer exception in
mlxbf_gige_open() when kdump is enabled. The sequence to reproduce
the exception is as follows:
a) enable kdump
b) trigger kdump via "echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger"
c) kdump kernel executes
d) kdump kernel loads mlxbf_gige module
e) the mlxbf_gige module runs its open() as the
the "oob_net0" interface is brought up
f) mlxbf_gige module will experience an exception
during its open(), something like:

 Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
 Mem abort info:
   ESR = 0x0000000086000004
   EC = 0x21: IABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
   SET = 0, FnV = 0
   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
   FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
 user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000000e29a4000
 [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
 Internal error: Oops: 0000000086000004 [#1] SMP
 CPU: 0 PID: 812 Comm: NetworkManager Tainted: G           OE     5.15.0-1035-bluefield #37-Ubuntu
 Hardware name: https://www.mellanox.com BlueField-3 SmartNIC Main Card/BlueField-3 SmartNIC Main Card, BIOS 4.6.0.13024 Jan 19 2024
 pstate: 80400009 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
 pc : 0x0
 lr : __napi_poll+0x40/0x230
 sp : ffff800008003e00
 x29: ffff800008003e00 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 00000000ffffffff
 x26: ffff000066027238 x25: ffff00007cedec00 x24: ffff800008003ec8
 x23: 000000000000012c x22: ffff800008003eb7 x21: 0000000000000000
 x20: 0000000000000001 x19: ffff000066027238 x18: 0000000000000000
 x17: ffff578fcb450000 x16: ffffa870b083c7c0 x15: 0000aaab010441d0
 x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 00726f7272655f65 x12: 6769675f6662786c
 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffa870b0842398
 x8 : 0000000000000004 x7 : fe5a48b9069706ea x6 : 17fdb11fc84ae0d2
 x5 : d94a82549d594f35 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000400100
 x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff000066027238
 Call trace:
  0x0
  net_rx_action+0x178/0x360
  __do_softirq+0x15c/0x428
  __irq_exit_rcu+0xac/0xec
  irq_exit+0x18/0x2c
  handle_domain_irq+0x6c/0xa0
  gic_handle_irq+0xec/0x1b0
  call_on_irq_stack+0x20/0x2c
  do_interrupt_handler+0x5c/0x70
  el1_interrupt+0x30/0x50
  el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x2c
  el1h_64_irq+0x7c/0x80
  __setup_irq+0x4c0/0x950
  request_threaded_irq+0xf4/0x1bc
  mlxbf_gige_request_irqs+0x68/0x110 [mlxbf_gige]
  mlxbf_gige_open+0x5c/0x170 [mlxbf_gige]
  __dev_open+0x100/0x220
  __dev_change_flags+0x16c/0x1f0
  dev_change_flags+0x2c/0x70
  do_setlink+0x220/0xa40
  __rtnl_newlink+0x56c/0x8a0
  rtnl_newlink+0x58/0x84
  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x138/0x3c4
  netlink_rcv_skb+0x64/0x130
  rtnetlink_rcv+0x20/0x30
  netlink_unicast+0x2ec/0x360
  netlink_sendmsg+0x278/0x490
  __sock_sendmsg+0x5c/0x6c
  ____sys_sendmsg+0x290/0x2d4
  ___sys_sendmsg+0x84/0xd0
  __sys_sendmsg+0x70/0xd0
  __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x2c/0x40
  invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100
  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x54/0x184
  do_el0_svc+0x30/0xac
  el0_svc+0x48/0x160
  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa4/0x12c
  el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8
 Code: bad PC value
 ---[ end trace 7d1c3f3bf9d81885 ]---
 Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt
 Kernel Offset: 0x2870a7a00000 from 0xffff800008000000
 PHYS_OFFSET: 0x80000000
 CPU features: 0x0,000005c1,a3332a5a
 Memory Limit: none
 ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt ]---

The exception happens because there is a pending RX interrupt before the
call to request_irq(RX IRQ) executes. Then, the RX IRQ handler fires
immediately after this request_irq() completes. The
---truncated---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 19, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 19, 2024
Last updated Dec 30, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-35907

GHSA ID

GHSA-x5xr-8rhw-qpr4

Source code

No known source code

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