GHSA-P7X7-VRH2-WVVC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-21 21:33 – Updated: 2024-12-24 15:30

Details

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

virtio_pci: Fix admin vq cleanup by using correct info pointer

vp_modern_avq_cleanup() and vp_del_vqs() clean up admin vq resources by virtio_pci_vq_info pointer. The info pointer of admin vq is stored in vp_dev->admin_vq.info instead of vp_dev->vqs[]. Using the info pointer from vp_dev->vqs[] for admin vq causes a kernel NULL pointer dereference bug. In vp_modern_avq_cleanup() and vp_del_vqs(), get the info pointer from vp_dev->admin_vq.info for admin vq to clean up the resources. Also make info ptr as argument of vp_del_vq() to be symmetric with vp_setup_vq().

vp_reset calls vp_modern_avq_cleanup, and causes the Call Trace:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:0000000000000000 ... CPU: 49 UID: 0 PID: 4439 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.11.0-rc5 #1 RIP: 0010:vp_reset+0x57/0x90 [virtio_pci] Call Trace: ... ? vp_reset+0x57/0x90 [virtio_pci] ? vp_reset+0x38/0x90 [virtio_pci] virtio_reset_device+0x1d/0x30 remove_vq_common+0x1c/0x1a0 [virtio_net] virtnet_remove+0xa1/0xc0 [virtio_net] virtio_dev_remove+0x46/0xa0 ... virtio_pci_driver_exit+0x14/0x810 [virtio_pci] ==================================================================

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2024-53092 (GCVE-0-2024-53092)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-21 18:17 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:43

Title

virtio_pci: Fix admin vq cleanup by using correct info pointer

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio_pci: Fix admin vq cleanup by using correct info pointer vp_modern_avq_cleanup() and vp_del_vqs() clean up admin vq resources by virtio_pci_vq_info pointer. The info pointer of admin vq is stored in vp_dev->admin_vq.info instead of vp_dev->vqs[]. Using the info pointer from vp_dev->vqs[] for admin vq causes a kernel NULL pointer dereference bug. In vp_modern_avq_cleanup() and vp_del_vqs(), get the info pointer from vp_dev->admin_vq.info for admin vq to clean up the resources. Also make info ptr as argument of vp_del_vq() to be symmetric with vp_setup_vq(). vp_reset calls vp_modern_avq_cleanup, and causes the Call Trace: ================================================================== BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:0000000000000000 ... CPU: 49 UID: 0 PID: 4439 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.11.0-rc5 #1 RIP: 0010:vp_reset+0x57/0x90 [virtio_pci] Call Trace: <TASK> ... ? vp_reset+0x57/0x90 [virtio_pci] ? vp_reset+0x38/0x90 [virtio_pci] virtio_reset_device+0x1d/0x30 remove_vq_common+0x1c/0x1a0 [virtio_net] virtnet_remove+0xa1/0xc0 [virtio_net] virtio_dev_remove+0x46/0xa0 ... virtio_pci_driver_exit+0x14/0x810 [virtio_pci] ==================================================================

Severity

8.4 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-10-01 20:11 UTC

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/018d3d4ad4be7fbc9…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97ee04feb682c906a…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 4c3b54af907e709609d3d8beca92d65e2f0cfd83 , < 018d3d4ad4be7fbc95d8a2367642a32d21df55c7 (git) Affected: 4c3b54af907e709609d3d8beca92d65e2f0cfd83 , < 97ee04feb682c906a1fa973ebe586fe91567d165 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.11 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.11 (semver) Unaffected: 6.11.9 , ≤ 6.11.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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