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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Mar 25, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 13, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: hns3: put off calling register_netdev() until client initialize complete

Currently, the netdevice is registered before client initializing
complete. So there is a timewindow between netdevice available
and usable. In this case, if user try to change the channel number
or ring param, it may cause the hns3_set_rx_cpu_rmap() being called
twice, and report bug.

[47199.416502] hns3 0000:35:00.0 eth1: set channels: tqp_num=1, rxfh=0
[47199.430340] hns3 0000:35:00.0 eth1: already uninitialized
[47199.438554] hns3 0000:35:00.0: rss changes from 4 to 1
[47199.511854] hns3 0000:35:00.0: Channels changed, rss_size from 4 to 1, tqps from 4 to 1
[47200.163524] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[47200.171674] kernel BUG at lib/cpu_rmap.c:142!
[47200.177847] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[47200.185259] Modules linked in: hclge(+) hns3(-) hns3_cae(O) hns_roce_hw_v2 hnae3 vfio_iommu_type1 vfio_pci vfio_virqfd vfio pv680_mii(O) [last unloaded: hclge]
[47200.205912] CPU: 1 PID: 8260 Comm: ethtool Tainted: G O 5.11.0-rc3+ #1
[47200.215601] Hardware name: , xxxxxx 02/04/2021
[47200.223052] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)
[47200.230188] pc : cpu_rmap_add+0x38/0x40
[47200.237472] lr : irq_cpu_rmap_add+0x84/0x140
[47200.243291] sp : ffff800010e93a30
[47200.247295] x29: ffff800010e93a30 x28: ffff082100584880
[47200.254155] x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000000
[47200.260712] x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000004
[47200.267241] x23: ffff08209ba03000 x22: ffff08209ba038c0
[47200.273789] x21: 000000000000003f x20: ffff0820e2bc1680
[47200.280400] x19: ffff0820c970ec80 x18: 00000000000000c0
[47200.286944] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffb43debe4a0d0
[47200.293456] x15: fffffc2082990600 x14: dead000000000122
[47200.300059] x13: ffffffffffffffff x12: 000000000000003e
[47200.306606] x11: ffff0820815b8080 x10: ffff53e411988000
[47200.313171] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : ffff0820e2bc1700
[47200.319682] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000000003f
[47200.326170] x5 : 0000000000000040 x4 : ffff800010e93a20
[47200.332656] x3 : 0000000000000004 x2 : ffff0820c970ec80
[47200.339168] x1 : ffff0820e2bc1680 x0 : 0000000000000004
[47200.346058] Call trace:
[47200.349324] cpu_rmap_add+0x38/0x40
[47200.354300] hns3_set_rx_cpu_rmap+0x6c/0xe0 [hns3]
[47200.362294] hns3_reset_notify_init_enet+0x1cc/0x340 [hns3]
[47200.370049] hns3_change_channels+0x40/0xb0 [hns3]
[47200.376770] hns3_set_channels+0x12c/0x2a0 [hns3]
[47200.383353] ethtool_set_channels+0x140/0x250
[47200.389772] dev_ethtool+0x714/0x23d0
[47200.394440] dev_ioctl+0x4cc/0x640
[47200.399277] sock_do_ioctl+0x100/0x2a0
[47200.404574] sock_ioctl+0x28c/0x470
[47200.409079] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xb4/0x100
[47200.415217] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x84/0x210
[47200.422088] do_el0_svc+0x28/0x34
[47200.426387] el0_svc+0x28/0x70
[47200.431308] el0_sync_handler+0x1a4/0x1b0
[47200.436477] el0_sync+0x174/0x180
[47200.441562] Code: 11000405 79000c45 f8247861 d65f03c0 (d4210000)
[47200.448869] ---[ end trace a01efe4ce42e5f34 ]---

The process is like below:
excuting hns3_client_init
|
register_netdev()
| hns3_set_channels()
| |
hns3_set_rx_cpu_rmap() hns3_reset_notify_uninit_enet()
| |
| quit without calling function
| hns3_free_rx_cpu_rmap for flag
| HNS3_NIC_STATE_INITED is unset.
| |
| hns3_reset_notify_init_enet()
| |
set HNS3_NIC_STATE_INITED call hns3_set_rx_cpu_rmap()-- crash

Fix it by calling register_netdev() at the end of function
hns3_client_init().

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 25, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 25, 2024
Last updated Mar 13, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(9th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-47139

GHSA ID

GHSA-6cwm-qhmw-g438

Source code

No known source code

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