Debian: CVE-2024-44995: linux, linux-6.1 -- security update

Debian: CVE-2024-44995: linux, linux-6.1 -- security update

Severity

5

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

09/04/2024

Created

10/08/2024

Added

10/07/2024

Modified

01/28/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hns3: fix a deadlock problem when config TC during resetting When config TC during the reset process, may cause a deadlock, the flow is as below: pf reset start ¦ ? ...... setup tc ¦ ¦? ?DOWN: napi_disable() napi_disable()(skip) ¦ ¦¦ ?? ............ ¦¦ ?¦ napi_enable()¦ ? UINIT: netif_napi_del() ¦ ? ...... ¦ ? INIT: netif_napi_add() ¦ ? ...... global reset start ¦¦ ?? UP: napi_enable()(skip)...... ¦¦ ?? ...... napi_disable() In reset process, the driver will DOWN the port and then UINIT, in this case, the setup tc process will UP the port before UINIT, so cause the problem. Adds a DOWN process in UINIT to fix it.

Solution(s)

• debian-upgrade-linux
• debian-upgrade-linux-6-1

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2024-44995
• CVE - 2024-44995
• DSA-5782-1