CVE-2024-43835
Published: Aug 17, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio_net: Fix napi_skb_cache_put warning After the commit bdacf3e34945 ("net: Use nested-BH locking for napi_alloc_cache.") was merged, the following warning began to appear: WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 1 at net/core/skbuff.c:1451 napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0 __warn+0x12f/0x340 napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0 napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0 report_bug+0x165/0x370 handle_bug+0x3d/0x80 exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x50 asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 __free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510 napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0 __free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510 __free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510 __pfx___free_old_xmit+0x10/0x10 The issue arises because virtio is assuming it's running in NAPI context even when it's not, such as in the netpoll case. To resolve this, modify virtnet_poll_tx() to only set NAPI when budget is available. Same for virtnet_poll_cleantx(), which always assumed that it was in a NAPI context.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected df133f3f96257ee29696c0ed8bd198ec801dc810 - < d3af435e8ace119e58d8e21d3d2d6a4e7c4a4baaaffected df133f3f96257ee29696c0ed8bd198ec801dc810 - < 842a97b5e44f0c8a9fc356fe976e0e13ddcf7783affected df133f3f96257ee29696c0ed8bd198ec801dc810 - < cc7340f18e45886121c131227985d64ef666012faffected df133f3f96257ee29696c0ed8bd198ec801dc810 - < 6b5325f2457521bbece29499970c0117a648c620affected df133f3f96257ee29696c0ed8bd198ec801dc810 - < f5e9a22d19bb98a7e86034db85eb295e94187caa+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.0unaffected 0 - < 5.0unaffected 5.4.284 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.226 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.167 - <= 5.15.*+4 more versions |
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