In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device When removing a netfront device directly after a suspend/resume cycle it might happen that the queues have not been setup again, causing a crash during the attempt to stop the queues another time. Fix that by checking the queues are existing before trying to stop them. This is XSA-465 / CVE-2024-53240.
History

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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Description No description is available for this CVE. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device When removing a netfront device directly after a suspend/resume cycle it might happen that the queues have not been setup again, causing a crash during the attempt to stop the queues another time. Fix that by checking the queues are existing before trying to stop them. This is XSA-465 / CVE-2024-53240.
Title kernel: xen: netfront: Backend can crash Linux netfront (Xen Security Advisory 465) xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device
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Weaknesses CWE-476

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:45:00 +0000

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Description No description is available for this CVE.
Title kernel: xen: netfront: Backend can crash Linux netfront (Xen Security Advisory 465)
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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-12-24T09:22:36.448Z

Updated: 2024-12-24T10:02:52.820Z

Reserved: 2024-11-19T17:17:25.026Z

Link: CVE-2024-53240

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2024-12-24T10:15:06.460

Modified: 2024-12-24T10:15:06.460

Link: CVE-2024-53240

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-12-17T12:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-53240 - Bugzilla