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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Source | ID | Title |
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DLA-4075-1 | linux security update |
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DLA-4076-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
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EUVD-2024-51912 | 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. |
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000
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Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000
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Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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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 |
References |
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:45:00 +0000
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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) | |
References |
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Metrics |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-04T13:00:47.903Z
Reserved: 2024-11-19T17:17:25.026Z
Link: CVE-2024-53240

No data.

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-12-24T10:15:06.460
Modified: 2025-10-08T14:50:58.243
Link: CVE-2024-53240


Updated: 2025-07-21T15:17:41Z