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CVE-2024-57994: ptr_ring: do not block hard interrupts in ptr_ring_resize_multiple()

Description

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

ptr_ring: do not block hard interrupts in ptr_ring_resize_multiple()

Jakub added a lockdep_assert_no_hardirq() check in __page_pool_put_page()
to increase test coverage.

syzbot found a splat caused by hard irq blocking in
ptr_ring_resize_multiple() [1]

As current users of ptr_ring_resize_multiple() do not require
hard irqs being masked, replace it to only block BH.

Rename helpers to better reflect they are safe against BH only.

- ptr_ring_resize_multiple() to ptr_ring_resize_multiple_bh()
- skb_array_resize_multiple() to skb_array_resize_multiple_bh()

[1]

WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 9150 at net/core/page_pool.c:709 __page_pool_put_page net/core/page_pool.c:709 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 9150 at net/core/page_pool.c:709 page_pool_put_unrefed_netmem+0x157/0xa40 net/core/page_pool.c:780
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9150 Comm: syz.1.1052 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc3-syzkaller-00202-gf8669d7b5f5d #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024
RIP: 0010:__page_pool_put_page net/core/page_pool.c:709 [inline]
RIP: 0010:page_pool_put_unrefed_netmem+0x157/0xa40 net/core/page_pool.c:780
Code: 74 0e e8 7c aa fb f7 eb 43 e8 75 aa fb f7 eb 3c 65 8b 1d 38 a8 6a 76 31 ff 89 de e8 a3 ae fb f7 85 db 74 0b e8 5a aa fb f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb 1d 65 8b 1d 15 a8 6a 76 31 ff 89 de e8 84 ae fb f7 85
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000bda6b58 EFLAGS: 00010083
RAX: ffffffff8997e523 RBX: 000000000000...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-57994

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux, Linux

Product: Linux, Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 3.82% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-27 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57994
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3257dac521d0ac6653108c755141dce634bb8ff2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e74801b7628dc52b17471aec729bc675479ddc73
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a126061c80d5efb4baef4bcf346094139cd81df6

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