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CVE-2024-26680 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: atlantic: Fix DMA mapping for PTP hwts ring Function aq_ring_hwts_rx_alloc() maps extra AQ_CFG_RXDS_DEF bytes for PTP HWTS ring but then generic aq_ring_free() does not take this into account. Create and use a specific function to free HWTS ring to fix this issue. Trace: [ 215.351607] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 215.351612] DMA-API: atlantic 0000:4b:00.0: device driver frees DMA memory with different size [device address=0x00000000fbdd0000] [map size=34816 bytes] [unmap size=32768 bytes] [ 215.351635] WARNING: CPU: 33 PID: 10759 at kernel/dma/debug.c:988 check_unmap+0xa6f/0x2360 ... [ 215.581176] Call Trace: [ 215.583632] <TASK> [ 215.585745] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [ 215.590114] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [ 215.594497] ? debug_dma_free_coherent+0x196/0x210 [ 215.599305] ? check_unmap+0xa6f/0x2360 [ 215.603147] ? __warn+0xca/0x1d0 [ 215.606391] ? check_unmap+0xa6f/0x2360 [ 215.610237] ? report_bug+0x1ef/0x370 [ 215.613921] ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70 [ 215.617423] ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x50 [ 215.621269] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 [ 215.625480] ? check_unmap+0xa6f/0x2360 [ 215.629331]…

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2024-04-02
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-416

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel
  • linux / linux_kernel / 6.8

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Matched remediation archetype

Use-after-free, double free, and expired resource use

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Check exposure

  • Trace ownership, references, callbacks, asynchronous tasks, and teardown paths around the affected object or resource.
  • Identify reachable inputs and timing or state transitions that can release the object while references remain.
  • Confirm affected builds, allocators, feature flags, architectures, and process privileges.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained ownership or lifetime fix and rebuild all artifacts containing the affected native code.
  • Use explicit ownership, safe reference management, cancellation and join semantics, and idempotent teardown.
  • Add deterministic lifetime tests plus isolated sanitizer and concurrency coverage for shutdown and error paths.

Authoritative sources

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