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The double-free is reached only through local netdev open/close paths (ndo_open → aq_nic_init → aq_vec_ring_alloc/aq_ptp_ring_alloc, ethtool ringparam, feature/XDP restarts, suspend/resume), not via processing of remotely received packets.\nAC:L - A local attacker can reliably induce the required GFP_KERNEL/dma_alloc_coherent failure with memory pressure (as in the reported stress+ifconfig reproducer) and repeatedly drive interface reinit, so success does not depend on conditions outside attacker control.\nPR:L - Triggering ifup/ethtool needs CAP_NET_ADMIN checked via ns_capable(net->user_ns), which is Low for an atlantic device/VF in a tenant netns; alternatively an unprivileged user can supply the memory-pressure half while ordinary admin reopen activity hits the path.\nUI:N - The attacker induces memory pressure and/or issues the interface reconfiguration themselves; no separate victim action is required for the faulty cleanup to run.\nS:U - Impact is confined to host-kernel slab/DMA state under a single security authority; the defect does not cross a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary.\nC:H - Double-free of ring buff_ring/dx_ring allocations allows freelist aliasing and reclaim of the freed objects with attacker-controlled data, yielding a use-after-free readable/disclosure primitive.\nI:H - The same double-free freelist corruption enables heap reuse and overwrite of live kernel objects, providing write and control-flow hijack primitives suitable for privilege escalation.\nA:H - The second free of already-released ring memory trips allocator double-free detection or corrupts the freelist, causing a kernel BUG/oops/panic and denying service on NIC bring-up." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ptp.c", "drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c", "drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.h", "drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_vec.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "018423e90bee8978105eaaa265a26e70637f9f1e", "lessThan": "0edb3ae8bfa31cd544b0c195bdec00e036002b5d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "018423e90bee8978105eaaa265a26e70637f9f1e", "lessThan": "c11a870a73a3bc4cc7df6dd877a45b181795fcbf", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "018423e90bee8978105eaaa265a26e70637f9f1e", "lessThan": "d1fde4a7e1dcc4d49cce285107a7a43c3030878d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "018423e90bee8978105eaaa265a26e70637f9f1e", "lessThan": "b3cb7a830a24527877b0bc900b9bd74a96aea928", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ptp.c", "drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.c", "drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_ring.h", "drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_vec.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4.11", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.11", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.77", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.16", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.7.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.7.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.8", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.11", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.77" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.11", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.16" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.11", "versionEndExcluding": "6.7.4" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.11", "versionEndExcluding": "6.8" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0edb3ae8bfa31cd544b0c195bdec00e036002b5d" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c11a870a73a3bc4cc7df6dd877a45b181795fcbf" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1fde4a7e1dcc4d49cce285107a7a43c3030878d" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3cb7a830a24527877b0bc900b9bd74a96aea928" } ], "title": "net: atlantic: eliminate double free in error handling logic", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T23:11:34.900Z" }, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0edb3ae8bfa31cd544b0c195bdec00e036002b5d", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c11a870a73a3bc4cc7df6dd877a45b181795fcbf", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1fde4a7e1dcc4d49cce285107a7a43c3030878d", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3cb7a830a24527877b0bc900b9bd74a96aea928", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] } ] }, { "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2023-52664", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2024-09-10T15:42:18.912718Z" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-09-11T17:33:20.159Z" } } ] } }