{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2024-07-30T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: net: ntb_netdev: Move ntb_netdev_rx_handler() to call netif_rx() from __netif_rx()",
    "id" : "2301473",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2301473"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-372",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nnet: ntb_netdev: Move ntb_netdev_rx_handler() to call netif_rx() from __netif_rx()\nThe following is emitted when using idxd (DSA) dmanegine as the data\nmover for ntb_transport that ntb_netdev uses.\n[74412.546922] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: irq/52-idxd-por/14526\n[74412.556784] caller is netif_rx_internal+0x42/0x130\n[74412.562282] CPU: 6 PID: 14526 Comm: irq/52-idxd-por Not tainted 6.9.5 #5\n[74412.569870] Hardware name: Intel Corporation ArcherCity/ArcherCity, BIOS EGSDCRB1.E9I.1752.P05.2402080856 02/08/2024\n[74412.581699] Call Trace:\n[74412.584514]  <TASK>\n[74412.586933]  dump_stack_lvl+0x55/0x70\n[74412.591129]  check_preemption_disabled+0xc8/0xf0\n[74412.596374]  netif_rx_internal+0x42/0x130\n[74412.600957]  __netif_rx+0x20/0xd0\n[74412.604743]  ntb_netdev_rx_handler+0x66/0x150 [ntb_netdev]\n[74412.610985]  ntb_complete_rxc+0xed/0x140 [ntb_transport]\n[74412.617010]  ntb_rx_copy_callback+0x53/0x80 [ntb_transport]\n[74412.623332]  idxd_dma_complete_txd+0xe3/0x160 [idxd]\n[74412.628963]  idxd_wq_thread+0x1a6/0x2b0 [idxd]\n[74412.634046]  irq_thread_fn+0x21/0x60\n[74412.638134]  ? irq_thread+0xa8/0x290\n[74412.642218]  irq_thread+0x1a0/0x290\n[74412.646212]  ? __pfx_irq_thread_fn+0x10/0x10\n[74412.651071]  ? __pfx_irq_thread_dtor+0x10/0x10\n[74412.656117]  ? __pfx_irq_thread+0x10/0x10\n[74412.660686]  kthread+0x100/0x130\n[74412.664384]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[74412.668639]  ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50\n[74412.672716]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[74412.676978]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n[74412.681457]  </TASK>\nThe cause is due to the idxd driver interrupt completion handler uses\nthreaded interrupt and the threaded handler is not hard or soft interrupt\ncontext. However __netif_rx() can only be called from interrupt context.\nChange the call to netif_rx() in order to allow completion via normal\ncontext for dmaengine drivers that utilize threaded irq handling.\nWhile the following commit changed from netif_rx() to __netif_rx(),\nbaebdf48c360 (\"net: dev: Makes sure netif_rx() can be invoked in any context.\"),\nthe change should've been a noop instead. However, the code precedes this\nfix should've been using netif_rx_ni() or netif_rx_any_context().", "A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel in the ntb_netdev_rx_handler() function which calls the function __netif_rx(), which can only be called from interrupt context, in a preemptible context. This vulnerability can lead to potential race conditions and system instability." ],
  "statement" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is not affected by this vulnerability as the upstream commit that introduced this vulnerability was never incorporated into the versions or configurations of the Linux kernel used in its distributions.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-08-28T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:5928",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-08-28T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:5928",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42110\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42110\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024073021-CVE-2024-42110-4b28@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2024-42110",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}