Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390/qeth: Fix kernel panic after setting hsuid

Symptom:
When the hsuid attribute is set for the first time on an IQD Layer3
device while the corresponding network interface is already UP,
the kernel will try to execute a napi function pointer that is NULL.

Example:
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[ 2057.572696] illegal operation: 0001 ilc:1 [#1] SMP
[ 2057.572702] Modules linked in: af_iucv qeth_l3 zfcp scsi_transport_fc sunrpc nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6
nft_reject nft_ct nf_tables_set nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_set nf_tables libcrc32c nfnetlink ghash_s390 prng xts aes_s390 des_s390 de
s_generic sha3_512_s390 sha3_256_s390 sha512_s390 vfio_ccw vfio_mdev mdev vfio_iommu_type1 eadm_sch vfio ext4 mbcache jbd2 qeth_l2 bridge stp llc dasd_eckd_mod qeth dasd_mod
qdio ccwgroup pkey zcrypt
[ 2057.572739] CPU: 6 PID: 60182 Comm: stress_client Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0-541.el8.s390x #1
[ 2057.572742] Hardware name: IBM 3931 A01 704 (LPAR)
[ 2057.572744] Krnl PSW : 0704f00180000000 0000000000000002 (0x2)
[ 2057.572748] R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:3 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3
[ 2057.572751] Krnl GPRS: 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 00000000a3b008d8 0000000000000000
[ 2057.572754] 00000000a3b008d8 cb923a29c779abc5 0000000000000000 ...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-36928

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.83% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8792b557eb50b986f2496156d486d0c7c85a1524
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10cb803aff3b11fe0bd5f274fc1c231a43e88df6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e28dd1e1bf3ebb52cdb877fb359e8978a51576e3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eae0aec245712c52a3ce9c05575b541a9eef5282
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a2e4d37afb8500b276e5ee903dee06f50ab0494

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