# CVE-2024-53209: bnxt\_en: Fix receive ring space parameters when XDP is active

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.140, 6.5, 6.6.85, 6.11.11, 6.12.2
- Published: 2024-12-27 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from 421e02bda0570eeb11636544fe97ec3097d1bb92, fixed in b7fd784d7c6a1bd927a23e0d06f09a776ee3889b; from 08450ea98ae98d5a35145b675b76db616046ea11, fixed in 7f306c651feab2f3689185f60b94e72b573255db; from 08450ea98ae98d5a35145b675b76db616046ea11, fixed in bf54a7660fc8d2166f41ff1d67a643b15d8b2250; from 08450ea98ae98d5a35145b675b76db616046ea11, fixed in 84353386762a0a16dd444ead76c012e167d89b41; from 08450ea98ae98d5a35145b675b76db616046ea11, fixed in 3051a77a09dfe3022aa012071346937fdf059033; from 6.1.45, fixed in 6.1.140; from 6.4.10, fixed in 6.5
- Linux: 6.5
- Kernel (Linux): fixed in 6.1.140; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.85; from 6.5.0, fixed in 6.11.11; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Fix receive ring space parameters when XDP is active The MTU setting at the time an XDP multi-buffer is attached determines whether the aggregation ring will be used and the rx_skb_func handler. This is done in bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode(). If the MTU is later changed, the aggregation ring setting may need to be changed and it may become out-of-sync with the settings initially done in bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode(). This may result in random memory corruption and crashes as the HW may DMA data larger than the allocated buffer size, such as: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000003c0 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 17 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/17 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S OE 6.1.0-226bf9805506 #1 Hardware name: Wiwynn Delta Lake PVT BZA.02601.0150/Delta Lake-Class1, BIOS F0E_3A12 08/26/2021 RIP: 0010:bnxt_rx_pkt+0xe97/0x1ae0 [bnxt_en] Code: 8b 95 70 ff ff ff 4c 8b 9d 48 ff ff ff 66 41 89 87 b4 00 00 00 e9 0b f7 ff ff 0f b7 43 0a 49 8b 95 a8 04 00 00 25 ff 0f 00 00 <0f> b7 14 42 48 c1 e2 06 49 03 95 a0 04 00 00 0f b6 42 33f RSP: 0018:ffffa19f40cc0d18 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 00000000000001e0 RBX: ffff8e2c805c6100 RCX: 00000000000007ff RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8e2c271ab990 RDI: ffff8e2c84f12380 RBP: ffffa19f40cc0e48 R08: 000000000001000d R09: 974ea2fcddfa4cbf R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffa19f40cc0ff8 R12: ffff8e2c94b58980 R13: ffff8e2c952d6600 R14: 0000000000000016 R15: ffff8e2c271ab990 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8e3b3f840000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000000003c0 CR3: 0000000e8580a004 CR4: 00000000007706e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <IRQ> __bnxt_poll_work+0x1c2/0x3e0 [bnxt_en] To address the issue, we now call bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode() within bnxt_change_mtu() to properly set the AGG rings configuration and update rx_skb_func based on the new MTU value. Additionally, BNXT_FLAG_NO_AGG_RINGS is cleared at the beginning of bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode() to make sure it gets set or cleared based on the current MTU.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.140, 6.5, 6.6.85, 6.11.11, 6.12.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7fd784d7c6a1bd927a23e0d06f09a776ee3889b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f306c651feab2f3689185f60b94e72b573255db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf54a7660fc8d2166f41ff1d67a643b15d8b2250
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84353386762a0a16dd444ead76c012e167d89b41
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3051a77a09dfe3022aa012071346937fdf059033

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