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Red Hat: CVE-2024-27393: kernel: xen-netfront: Add missing skb_mark_for_recycle (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2024-27393: kernel: xen-netfront: Add missing skb_mark_for_recycle (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/14/2024
Created
06/28/2024
Added
06/27/2024
Modified
06/27/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen-netfront: Add missing skb_mark_for_recycle Notice that skb_mark_for_recycle() is introduced later than fixes tag in commit 6a5bcd84e886 ("page_pool: Allow drivers to hint on SKB recycling"). It is believed that fixes tag were missing a call to page_pool_release_page() between v5.9 to v5.14, after which is should have used skb_mark_for_recycle(). Since v6.6 the call page_pool_release_page() were removed (in commit 535b9c61bdef ("net: page_pool: hide page_pool_release_page()") and remaining callers converted (in commit 6bfef2ec0172 ("Merge branch 'net-page_pool-remove-page_pool_release_page'")). This leak became visible in v6.8 via commit dba1b8a7ab68 ("mm/page_pool: catch page_pool memory leaks").

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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