CVE-2021-47619

i40e: Fix queues reservation for XDP

Published Jun 20, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i40e: Fix queues reservation for XDP

When XDP was configured on a system with large number of CPUs
and X722 NIC there was a call trace with NULL pointer dereference.

i40e 0000:87:00.0: failed to get tracking for 256 queues for VSI 0 err -12
i40e 0000:87:00.0: setup of MAIN VSI failed

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
RIP: 0010:i40e_xdp+0xea/0x1b0 [i40e]
Call Trace:
? i40e_reconfig_rss_queues+0x130/0x130 [i40e]
dev_xdp_install+0x61/0xe0
dev_xdp_attach+0x18a/0x4c0
dev_change_xdp_fd+0x1e6/0x220
do_setlink+0x616/0x1030
? ahci_port_stop+0x80/0x80
? ata_qc_issue+0x107/0x1e0
? lock_timer_base+0x61/0x80
? __mod_timer+0x202/0x380
rtnl_setlink+0xe5/0x170
? bpf_lsm_binder_transaction+0x10/0x10
? security_capable+0x36/0x50
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x121/0x350
? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x100/0x100
netlink_rcv_skb+0x50/0xf0
netlink_unicast+0x1d3/0x2a0
netlink_sendmsg+0x22a/0x440
sock_sendmsg+0x5e/0x60
__sys_sendto+0xf0/0x160
? __sys_getsockname+0x7e/0xc0
? _copy_from_user+0x3c/0x80
? __sys_setsockopt+0xc8/0x1a0
__x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x7f83fa7a39e0

This was caused by PF queue pile fragmentation due to
flow director VSI queue being placed right after main VSI.
Because of this main VSI was not able to resize its
queue allocation for XDP resulting in no queues allocated
for main VSI when XDP was turned on.

Fix this by always allocating last queue in PF queue pile
for a flow director VSI.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
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:5.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 1:58 PM
Reserved
Jun 20, 2024, 11:03 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 20, 2024, 11:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:18 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jun 20, 2024, 12:00 AM