# CVE-2024-53240: xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.4.288, 5.10.232, 5.15.175, 4.20, 6.1
- Published: 2024-12-24 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.4.227, fixed in 5.4.288; from 5.10.159, fixed in 5.10.232; from 5.15.83, fixed in 5.15.175; from 4.19.269, fixed in 4.20; from 6.0.13, fixed in 6.1
- Linux: 6.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device When removing a netfront device directly after a suspend/resume cycle it might happen that the queues have not been setup again, causing a crash during the attempt to stop the queues another time. Fix that by checking the queues are existing before trying to stop them. This is XSA-465 / CVE-2024-53240.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.4.288, 5.10.232, 5.15.175, 4.20, 6.1) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20f7f0cf7af5d81b218202ef504223af84b16a8f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d5354a9182b6d302ae10367cbec1ca339d4e4e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2657ba851fa3381256d81e431b20041dc232fd88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b41e6bccf7de93982781be4125211443382e66d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe9a8f5250aed0948b668c8a4e051e3b0fc29f09
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7728e974ffbf14f17648dd92ea640b42b654d47c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9244fb55f37356f75c739c57323d9422d7aa0f8

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