CVE-2024-40923

CVE-2024-40923 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel with a CVSS 3.x base score of 5.5. It is not currently listed as actively exploited by CISA, and its EPSS exploit-prediction score is low.

Key facts

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vmxnet3: disable rx data ring on dma allocation failure When vmxnet3_rq_create() fails to allocate memory for rq->data_ring.base, the subsequent call to vmxnet3_rq_destroy_all_rxdataring does not reset rq->data_ring.desc_size for the data ring that failed, which presumably causes the hypervisor to reference it on packet reception. To fix this bug, rq->data_ring.desc_size needs to be set to 0 to tell the hypervisor to disable this feature. [ 95.436876] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:207! [ 95.439074] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 95.440411] CPU: 7 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Not tainted 6.9.3-dirty #1 [ 95.441558] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 12/12/2018 [ 95.443481] RIP: 0010:skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f [ 95.444404] Code: 4f 70 50 8b 87 c0 00 00 00 50 8b 87 bc 00 00 00 50 ff b7 d0 00 00 00 4c 8b 8f c8 00 00 00 48 c7 c7 68 e8 be 9f e8 63 58 f9 ff <0f> 0b 48 8b 14 24 48 c7 c1 d0 73 65 9f e8 a1 ff ff ff 48 8b 14 24 [ 95.447684] RSP: 0018:ffffa13340274dd0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 95.448762] RAX: 0000000000000089 RBX: ffff8fbbc72b02d0 RCX: 000000000000083f [ 95.450148] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000000000f6 RDI: 000000000000083f [ 95.451520] RBP: 000000000000002d R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffa13340274c60 [ 95.452886] R10: ffffffffa04ed468 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 95.454293] R13: ffff8fbbdab3c2d0 R14: ffff8fbbdbd829e0 R15: ffff8fbbdbd809e0 [ 95.455682] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8fbeefd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 95.457178] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 95.458340] CR2: 00007fd0d1f650c8 CR3: 0000000115f28000 CR4: 00000000000406f0 [ 95.459791] Call Trace: [ 95.460515] <IRQ> [ 95.461180] ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27 [ 95.462150] ? die+0x2e/0x50 [ 95.462976] ? do_trap+0xca/0x110 [ 95.463973] ? do_error_trap+0x6a/0x90 [ 95.464966] ? skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f [ 95.465901] ? exc_invalid_op+0x50/0x70 [ 95.466849] ? skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f [ 95.467718] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [ 95.468758] ? skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f [ 95.469655] skb_put.cold+0x10/0x10 [ 95.470573] vmxnet3_rq_rx_complete+0x862/0x11e0 [vmxnet3] [ 95.471853] vmxnet3_poll_rx_only+0x36/0xb0 [vmxnet3] [ 95.473185] __napi_poll+0x2b/0x160 [ 95.474145] net_rx_action+0x2c6/0x3b0 [ 95.475115] handle_softirqs+0xe7/0x2a0 [ 95.476122] __irq_exit_rcu+0x97/0xb0 [ 95.477109] common_interrupt+0x85/0xa0 [ 95.478102] </IRQ> [ 95.478846] <TASK> [ 95.479603] asm_common_interrupt+0x26/0x40 [ 95.480657] RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 [ 95.481801] Code: 22 d7 e9 54 87 01 00 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa eb 07 0f 00 2d 93 ba 3b 00 fb f4 <e9> 2c 87 01 00 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 [ 95.485563] RSP: 0018:ffffa133400ffe58 EFLAGS: 00000246 [ 95.486882] RAX: 0000000000004000 RBX: ffff8fbbc1d14064 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 95.488477] RDX: ffff8fbeefd80000 RSI: ffff8fbbc1d14000 RDI: 0000000000000001 [ 95.490067] RBP: ffff8fbbc1d14064 R08: ffffffffa0652260 R09: 00000000000010d3 [ 95.491683] R10: 0000000000000018 R11: ffff8fbeefdb4764 R12: ffffffffa0652260 [ 95.493389] R13: ffffffffa06522e0 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 95.495035] acpi_safe_halt+0x14/0x20 [ 95.496127] acpi_idle_do_entry+0x2f/0x50 [ 95.497221] acpi_idle_enter+0x7f/0xd0 [ 95.498272] cpuidle_enter_state+0x81/0x420 [ 95.499375] cpuidle_enter+0x2d/0x40 [ 95.500400] do_idle+0x1e5/0x240 [ 95.501385] cpu_startup_entry+0x29/0x30 [ 95.502422] start_secondary+0x11c/0x140 [ 95.503454] common_startup_64+0x13e/0x141 [ 95.504466] </TASK> [ 95.505197] Modules linked in: nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ip ---truncated---

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40923?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vmxnet3: disable rx data ring on dma allocation failure When vmxnet3_rq_create() fails to allocate memory for rq->data_ring.base, the subsequent call to vmxnet3_rq_destroy_all_rxdataring does not reset rq->data_ring.desc_size for the data ring that failed, which presumably causes the hypervisor to reference it on packet reception. To fix this bug, rq->data_ring.desc_size needs to be set to 0 to tell the hypervisor to disable this feature. [ 95.436876] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:207! [ 95.439074] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 95.440411] CPU: 7 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Not tainted 6.9.3-dirty #1 [ 95.441558] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 12/12/2018 [ 95.443481] RIP: 0010:skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f [ 95.444404] Code: 4f 70 50 8b 87 c0 00 00 00 50 8b 87 bc 00 00 00 50 ff b7 d0 00 00 00 4c 8b 8f c8 00 00 00 48 c7 c7 68 e8 be 9f e8 63 58 f9 ff <0f> 0b 48 8b 14 24 48 c7 c1 d0 73 65 9f e8 a1 ff ff ff 48 8b 14 24 [ 95.447684] RSP: 0018:ffffa13340274dd0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 95.448762] RAX: 0000000000000089 RBX: ffff8fbbc72b02d0 RCX: 000000000000083f [ 95.450148] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000000000f6 RDI: 000000000000083f [ 95.451520] RBP: 000000000000002d R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffa13340274c60 [ 95.452886] R10: ffffffffa04ed468 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 95.454293] R13: ffff8fbbdab3c2d0 R14: ffff8fbbdbd829e0 R15: ffff8fbbdbd809e0 [ 95.455682] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8fbeefd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 95.457178] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 95.458340] CR2: 00007fd0d1f650c8 CR3: 0000000115f28000 CR4: 00000000000406f0 [ 95.459791] Call Trace: [ 95.460515] <IRQ> [ 95.461180] ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27 [ 95.462150] ? die+0x2e/0x50 [ 95.462976] ? do_trap+0xca/0x110 [ 95.463973] ? do_error_trap+0x6a/0x90 [ 95.464966] ? skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f [ 95.465901] ? exc_invalid_op+0x50/0x70 [ 95.466849] ? skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f [ 95.467718] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [ 95.468758] ? skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f [ 95.469655] skb_put.cold+0x10/0x10 [ 95.470573] vmxnet3_rq_rx_complete+0x862/0x11e0 [vmxnet3] [ 95.471853] vmxnet3_poll_rx_only+0x36/0xb0 [vmxnet3] [ 95.473185] __napi_poll+0x2b/0x160 [ 95.474145] net_rx_action+0x2c6/0x3b0 [ 95.475115] handle_softirqs+0xe7/0x2a0 [ 95.476122] __irq_exit_rcu+0x97/0xb0 [ 95.477109] common_interrupt+0x85/0xa0 [ 95.478102] </IRQ> [ 95.478846] <TASK> [ 95.479603] asm_common_interrupt+0x26/0x40 [ 95.480657] RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 [ 95.481801] Code: 22 d7 e9 54 87 01 00 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa eb 07 0f 00 2d 93 ba 3b 00 fb f4 <e9> 2c 87 01 00 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 [ 95.485563] RSP: 0018:ffffa133400ffe58 EFLAGS: 00000246 [ 95.486882] RAX: 0000000000004000 RBX: ffff8fbbc1d14064 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 95.488477] RDX: ffff8fbeefd80000 RSI: ffff8fbbc1d14000 RDI: 0000000000000001 [ 95.490067] RBP: ffff8fbbc1d14064 R08: ffffffffa0652260 R09: 00000000000010d3 [ 95.491683] R10: 0000000000000018 R11: ffff8fbeefdb4764 R12: ffffffffa0652260 [ 95.493389] R13: ffffffffa06522e0 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 95.495035] acpi_safe_halt+0x14/0x20 [ 95.496127] acpi_idle_do_entry+0x2f/0x50 [ 95.497221] acpi_idle_enter+0x7f/0xd0 [ 95.498272] cpuidle_enter_state+0x81/0x420 [ 95.499375] cpuidle_enter+0x2d/0x40 [ 95.500400] do_idle+0x1e5/0x240 [ 95.501385] cpu_startup_entry+0x29/0x30 [ 95.502422] start_secondary+0x11c/0x140 [ 95.503454] common_startup_64+0x13e/0x141 [ 95.504466] </TASK> [ 95.505197] Modules linked in: nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ip ---truncated---
How severe is CVE-2024-40923?
CVE-2024-40923 has a CVSS 3.x base score of 5.5, rated medium severity. It is exploitable over local access with low attack complexity, requires low privileges and no user interaction. Impact on confidentiality is none, integrity none, and availability high.
Is CVE-2024-40923 being actively exploited?
It is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploit-prediction score is 0% (21st percentile), an estimate of the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
What products are affected by CVE-2024-40923?
CVE-2024-40923 primarily affects Linux Linux Kernel. In total, 4 product configurations (CPEs) are listed as vulnerable; see the affected-products list for the exact versions.
How do I fix CVE-2024-40923?
Review the linked vendor and NVD advisories for patched versions and mitigations, then upgrade or apply the recommended workaround.
Does CVE-2024-40923 have an EU (EUVD) identifier?
Yes. CVE-2024-40923 is tracked in the ENISA EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD) as EUVD-2024-38734.
When was CVE-2024-40923 published?
CVE-2024-40923 was published on 2024-07-12 and last updated on 2026-06-17.

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Affected products (4)

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