CVE-2024-53240
xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 24, 2024
- Updated
- May 23, 2026
- Reserved
- Nov 19, 2024
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20f7f0cf7af5d81b218202ef504223af84b16a8f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d5354a9182b6d302ae10367cbec1ca339d4e4e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2657ba851fa3381256d81e431b20041dc232fd88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b41e6bccf7de93982781be4125211443382e66d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe9a8f5250aed0948b668c8a4e051e3b0fc29f09
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7728e974ffbf14f17648dd92ea640b42b654d47c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9244fb55f37356f75c739c57323d9422d7aa0f8
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-465.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
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