Description

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

net: enetc: allocate vf_state during PF probes

In the previous implementation, vf_state is allocated memory only when VF
is enabled. However, net_device_ops::ndo_set_vf_mac() may be called before
VF is enabled to configure the MAC address of VF. If this is the case,
enetc_pf_set_vf_mac() will access vf_state, resulting in access to a null
pointer. The simplified error log is as follows.

root@ls1028ardb:~# ip link set eno0 vf 1 mac 00:0c:e7:66:77:89
[ 173.543315] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000004
[ 173.637254] pc : enetc_pf_set_vf_mac+0x3c/0x80 Message from sy
[ 173.641973] lr : do_setlink+0x4a8/0xec8
[ 173.732292] Call trace:
[ 173.734740] enetc_pf_set_vf_mac+0x3c/0x80
[ 173.738847] __rtnl_newlink+0x530/0x89c
[ 173.742692] rtnl_newlink+0x50/0x7c
[ 173.746189] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x128/0x390
[ 173.750298] netlink_rcv_skb+0x60/0x130
[ 173.754145] rtnetlink_rcv+0x18/0x24
[ 173.757731] netlink_unicast+0x318/0x380
[ 173.761665] netlink_sendmsg+0x17c/0x3c8

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-50298

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 4.32% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-02 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50298
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef0edfbe9eeed1fccad7cb705648af5222664944
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eb923f8d4819737c07d6a8d0daef0a4d7f99e0c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e15c5506dd39885cd047f811a64240e2e8ab401b

Timeline