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CVE-2024-26690

2024-04-0300:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
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linux kernel
stmmac
vulnerability
fixed
net
64-bit statistics
mutual exclusion
interrupt context
per-cpu
struct
cve-2024-26690

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net:
stmmac: protect updates of 64-bit statistics counters As explained by a
comment in <linux/u64_stats_sync.h>, write side of struct u64_stats_sync
must ensure mutual exclusion, or one seqcount update could be lost on
32-bit platforms, thus blocking readers forever. Such lockups have been
observed in real world after stmmac_xmit() on one CPU raced with
stmmac_napi_poll_tx() on another CPU. To fix the issue without introducing
a new lock, split the statics into three parts: 1. fields updated only
under the tx queue lock, 2. fields updated only during NAPI poll, 3. fields
updated only from interrupt context, Updates to fields in the first two
groups are already serialized through other locks. It is sufficient to
split the existing struct u64_stats_sync so that each group has its own.
Note that tx_set_ic_bit is updated from both contexts. Split this counter
so that each context gets its own, and calculate their sum to get the total
value in stmmac_get_ethtool_stats(). For the third group, multiple
interrupts may be processed by different CPUs at the same time, but
interrupts on the same CPU will not nest. Move fields from this group to a
newly created per-cpu struct stmmac_pcpu_stats.

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

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