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

bonding: fix xfrm real_dev null pointer dereference

We shouldn't set real_dev to NULL because packets can be in transit and
xfrm might call xdo_dev_offload_ok() in parallel. All callbacks assume
real_dev is set.

Example trace:
kernel: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000000001030
kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): making interface the new active one
kernel: #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
kernel: #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
kernel: PGD 0 P4D 0
kernel: Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
kernel: CPU: 4 PID: 2237 Comm: ping Not tainted 6.7.7+ #12
kernel: Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014
kernel: RIP: 0010:nsim_ipsec_offload_ok+0xc/0x20 [netdevsim]
kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): bond_ipsec_add_sa_all: failed to add SA
kernel: Code: e0 0f 0b 48 83 7f 38 00 74 de 0f 0b 48 8b 47 08 48 8b 37 48 8b 78 40 e9 b2 e5 9a d7 66 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 86 80 02 00 00 <83> 80 30 10 00 00 01 b8 01 00 00 00 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 0f 1f
kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): making interface the new active one
kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffabde81553b98 EFLAGS: 00010246
kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): bond_ipsec_add_sa_all: failed to add SA
kernel:
kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9eb404e74900 RCX: ffff9eb403d97c60
kernel: RDX: ffffffffc090de10 RSI: ffff9eb404e74900 RDI: ffff9eb3c5de9e00
kernel: RBP: ffff9eb3c0a42000 R08: 0000000000000010 R09: 0000000000000014
kernel: R10: 7974203030303030 R11: 3030303030303030 R12: 0000000000000000
kernel: R13: ffff9eb3c5de9e00 R14: ffffabde81553cc8 R15: ffff9eb404c53000
kernel: FS: 00007f2a77a3ad00(0000) GS:ffff9eb43bd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
kernel: CR2: 0000000000001030 CR3: 00000001122ab000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): making interface the new active one
kernel: Call Trace:
kernel: <TASK>
kernel: ? __die+0x1f/0x60
kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): bond_ipsec_add_sa_all: failed to add SA
kernel: ? page_fault_oops+0x142/0x4c0
kernel: ? do_user_addr_fault+0x65/0x670
kernel: ? kvm_read_and_reset_apf_flags+0x3b/0x50
kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): making interface the new active one
kernel: ? exc_page_fault+0x7b/0x180
kernel: ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
kernel: ? nsim_bpf_uninit+0x50/0x50 [netdevsim]
kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): bond_ipsec_add_sa_all: failed to add SA
kernel: ? nsim_ipsec_offload_ok+0xc/0x20 [netdevsim]
kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): making interface the new active one
kernel: bond_ipsec_offload_ok+0x7b/0x90 [bonding]
kernel: xfrm_output+0x61/0x3b0
kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): bond_ipsec_add_sa_all: failed to add SA
kernel: ip_push_pending_frames+0x56/0x80
Published: 2024-09-04
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3912-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4008-1 linux-6.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5782-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7100-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7100-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7123-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7144-1 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7154-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7155-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7156-1 Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7154-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7194-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7196-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0007}

 epss

{'score': 0.00073}

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 02:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 01:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: fix xfrm real_dev null pointer dereference We shouldn't set real_dev to NULL because packets can be in transit and xfrm might call xdo_dev_offload_ok() in parallel. All callbacks assume real_dev is set. Example trace: kernel: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000000001030 kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): making interface the new active one kernel: #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode kernel: #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page kernel: PGD 0 P4D 0 kernel: Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP kernel: CPU: 4 PID: 2237 Comm: ping Not tainted 6.7.7+ #12 kernel: Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014 kernel: RIP: 0010:nsim_ipsec_offload_ok+0xc/0x20 [netdevsim] kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): bond_ipsec_add_sa_all: failed to add SA kernel: Code: e0 0f 0b 48 83 7f 38 00 74 de 0f 0b 48 8b 47 08 48 8b 37 48 8b 78 40 e9 b2 e5 9a d7 66 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 86 80 02 00 00 <83> 80 30 10 00 00 01 b8 01 00 00 00 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 0f 1f kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): making interface the new active one kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffabde81553b98 EFLAGS: 00010246 kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): bond_ipsec_add_sa_all: failed to add SA kernel: kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9eb404e74900 RCX: ffff9eb403d97c60 kernel: RDX: ffffffffc090de10 RSI: ffff9eb404e74900 RDI: ffff9eb3c5de9e00 kernel: RBP: ffff9eb3c0a42000 R08: 0000000000000010 R09: 0000000000000014 kernel: R10: 7974203030303030 R11: 3030303030303030 R12: 0000000000000000 kernel: R13: ffff9eb3c5de9e00 R14: ffffabde81553cc8 R15: ffff9eb404c53000 kernel: FS: 00007f2a77a3ad00(0000) GS:ffff9eb43bd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 kernel: CR2: 0000000000001030 CR3: 00000001122ab000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): making interface the new active one kernel: Call Trace: kernel: <TASK> kernel: ? __die+0x1f/0x60 kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): bond_ipsec_add_sa_all: failed to add SA kernel: ? page_fault_oops+0x142/0x4c0 kernel: ? do_user_addr_fault+0x65/0x670 kernel: ? kvm_read_and_reset_apf_flags+0x3b/0x50 kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): making interface the new active one kernel: ? exc_page_fault+0x7b/0x180 kernel: ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 kernel: ? nsim_bpf_uninit+0x50/0x50 [netdevsim] kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): bond_ipsec_add_sa_all: failed to add SA kernel: ? nsim_ipsec_offload_ok+0xc/0x20 [netdevsim] kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): making interface the new active one kernel: bond_ipsec_offload_ok+0x7b/0x90 [bonding] kernel: xfrm_output+0x61/0x3b0 kernel: bond0: (slave eni0np1): bond_ipsec_add_sa_all: failed to add SA kernel: ip_push_pending_frames+0x56/0x80
Title bonding: fix xfrm real_dev null pointer dereference
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T11:57:26.653Z

Reserved: 2024-08-21T05:34:56.671Z

Link: CVE-2024-44989

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T22:14:43.608Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-04T20:15:08.020

Modified: 2026-05-12T12:17:09.900

Link: CVE-2024-44989

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-09-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-44989 - Bugzilla

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