broken = true; 7) Qemu bails out, and do not repond this crazy kernel. 8) The kernel is waiting for the response to come back (function virtnet_send_command()) 9) The kernel is waiting doing the following : while (!virtqueue_get_buf(vi->cvq, &tmp) && !virtqueue_is_broken(vi->cvq)) cpu_relax(); 10) None of the following functions above is true, thus, the kernel loops here forever. Keeping in mind that virtqueue_is_broken() does not look at the qemu `vdev->broken`, so, it never realizes that the vitio is broken at QEMU side. Fix it by not sending RSS commands if the feature is not available in the device. "> broken,=,true;,7),Qemu bails,out,,and,do,not,repond,this,crazy,kernel.,8),The,kernel,is waiting,for,the,response,to,come,back,(function virtnet_send_command()),9),The,kernel,is,waiting,doing,the,following,: while,(!virtqueue_get_buf(vi->cvq,,&tmp),&& !virtqueue_is_broken(vi->cvq)),cpu_relax();,10),None,of,the,following functions,above,is,true,,thus,,the,kernel,loops,here,forever.,Keeping in,mind,that,virtqueue_is_broken(),does,not,look,at,the,qemu `vdev->broken`,,so,,it,never,realizes,that,the,vitio,is,broken,at,QEMU side.,Fix,it,by,not,sending,RSS,commands,if,the,feature,is,not available,in,the,device. ">
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CVE ID: | CVE-2024-35981 |
Description: | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio_net: Do not send RSS key if it is not supported There is a bug when setting the RSS options in virtio_net that can break the whole machine, getting the kernel into an infinite loop. Running the following command in any QEMU virtual machine with virtionet will reproduce this problem: # ethtool -X eth0 hfunc toeplitz This is how the problem happens: 1) ethtool_set_rxfh() calls virtnet_set_rxfh() 2) virtnet_set_rxfh() calls virtnet_commit_rss_command() 3) virtnet_commit_rss_command() populates 4 entries for the rss scatter- gather 4) Since the command above does not have a key, then the last scatter-gatter entry will be zeroed, since rss_key_size == 0. sg_buf_size = vi->rss_key_size; 5) This buffer is passed to qemu, but qemu is not happy with a buffer with zero length, and do the following in virtqueue_map_desc() (QEMU function): if (!sz) { virtio_error(vdev, "virtio: zero sized buffers are not allowed"); 6) virtio_error() (also QEMU function) set the device as broken vdev->broken = true; 7) Qemu bails out, and do not repond this crazy kernel. 8) The kernel is waiting for the response to come back (function virtnet_send_command()) 9) The kernel is waiting doing the following : while (!virtqueue_get_buf(vi->cvq, &tmp) && !virtqueue_is_broken(vi->cvq)) cpu_relax(); 10) None of the following functions above is true, thus, the kernel loops here forever. Keeping in mind that virtqueue_is_broken() does not look at the qemu `vdev->broken`, so, it never realizes that the vitio is broken at QEMU side. Fix it by not sending RSS commands if the feature is not available in the device. |
Test IDs: | None available |
Cross References: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2024-35981 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/059a49aa2e25c58f90b50151f109dd3c4cdb3a47 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/059a49aa2e25c58f90b50151f109dd3c4cdb3a47 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28e9a64638cd16bc1ecac9ff74ffeacb9fb652de https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28e9a64638cd16bc1ecac9ff74ffeacb9fb652de https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43a71c1b4b3a6d4db857b1435d271540279fc7de https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43a71c1b4b3a6d4db857b1435d271540279fc7de https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/539a2b995a4ed93125cb0efae0f793b00ab2158b https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/539a2b995a4ed93125cb0efae0f793b00ab2158b |