GHSA-HF7W-M8FC-Q8FP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-21 15:31 – Updated: 2025-09-23 21:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i40e: Fix freeing of uninitialized misc IRQ vector
When VSI set up failed in i40e_probe() as part of PF switch set up driver was trying to free misc IRQ vectors in i40e_clear_interrupt_scheme and produced a kernel Oops:
Trying to free already-free IRQ 266 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5 at kernel/irq/manage.c:1731 __free_irq+0x9a/0x300 Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn RIP: 0010:__free_irq+0x9a/0x300 Call Trace: ? synchronize_irq+0x3a/0xa0 free_irq+0x2e/0x60 i40e_clear_interrupt_scheme+0x53/0x190 [i40e] i40e_probe.part.108+0x134b/0x1a40 [i40e] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x158/0x1c0 ? acpi_ut_update_ref_count.part.1+0x8e/0x345 ? acpi_ut_update_object_reference+0x15e/0x1e2 ? strstr+0x21/0x70 ? irq_get_irq_data+0xa/0x20 ? mp_check_pin_attr+0x13/0xc0 ? irq_get_irq_data+0xa/0x20 ? mp_map_pin_to_irq+0xd3/0x2f0 ? acpi_register_gsi_ioapic+0x93/0x170 ? pci_conf1_read+0xa4/0x100 ? pci_bus_read_config_word+0x49/0x70 ? do_pci_enable_device+0xcc/0x100 local_pci_probe+0x41/0x90 work_for_cpu_fn+0x16/0x20 process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360 worker_thread+0x1cf/0x390 ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0 kthread+0x112/0x130 ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40
The problem is that at that point misc IRQ vectors were not allocated yet and we get a call trace that driver is trying to free already free IRQ vectors.
Add a check in i40e_clear_interrupt_scheme for __I40E_MISC_IRQ_REQUESTED PF state before calling i40e_free_misc_vector. This state is set only if misc IRQ vectors were properly initialized.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-47424"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-908"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-05-21T15:15:27Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni40e: Fix freeing of uninitialized misc IRQ vector\n\nWhen VSI set up failed in i40e_probe() as part of PF switch set up\ndriver was trying to free misc IRQ vectors in\ni40e_clear_interrupt_scheme and produced a kernel Oops:\n\n Trying to free already-free IRQ 266\n WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5 at kernel/irq/manage.c:1731 __free_irq+0x9a/0x300\n Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn\n RIP: 0010:__free_irq+0x9a/0x300\n Call Trace:\n ? synchronize_irq+0x3a/0xa0\n free_irq+0x2e/0x60\n i40e_clear_interrupt_scheme+0x53/0x190 [i40e]\n i40e_probe.part.108+0x134b/0x1a40 [i40e]\n ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x158/0x1c0\n ? acpi_ut_update_ref_count.part.1+0x8e/0x345\n ? acpi_ut_update_object_reference+0x15e/0x1e2\n ? strstr+0x21/0x70\n ? irq_get_irq_data+0xa/0x20\n ? mp_check_pin_attr+0x13/0xc0\n ? irq_get_irq_data+0xa/0x20\n ? mp_map_pin_to_irq+0xd3/0x2f0\n ? acpi_register_gsi_ioapic+0x93/0x170\n ? pci_conf1_read+0xa4/0x100\n ? pci_bus_read_config_word+0x49/0x70\n ? do_pci_enable_device+0xcc/0x100\n local_pci_probe+0x41/0x90\n work_for_cpu_fn+0x16/0x20\n process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360\n worker_thread+0x1cf/0x390\n ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0\n kthread+0x112/0x130\n ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40\n\nThe problem is that at that point misc IRQ vectors\nwere not allocated yet and we get a call trace\nthat driver is trying to free already free IRQ vectors.\n\nAdd a check in i40e_clear_interrupt_scheme for __I40E_MISC_IRQ_REQUESTED\nPF state before calling i40e_free_misc_vector. This state is set only if\nmisc IRQ vectors were properly initialized.",
"id": "GHSA-hf7w-m8fc-q8fp",
"modified": "2025-09-23T21:30:53Z",
"published": "2024-05-21T15:31:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47424"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17063cac4088b8e2fc0f633abddca5426ed58312"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e5a20573a926302b233b0c2e1077f5debc7ab2e"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60ad4cde0ad28921f9ea25b0201c774b95ffa4b4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75099439209d3cda439a1d9b00d19a50f0066fef"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97aeed72af4f83ae51534f0a2473ff52f8d66236"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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