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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4075-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4076-1 linux-6.1 security update
EUVD EUVD 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.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics 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'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-476

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description No description is available for this CVE.
Title kernel: xen: netfront: Backend can crash Linux netfront (Xen Security Advisory 465)
References
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:

Updated: 2025-05-04T13:00:47.903Z

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

Link: CVE-2024-53240

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2025-10-08T14:50:58.243

Link: CVE-2024-53240

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2024-53240 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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