CVE-2024-46678

bonding: change ipsec_lock from spin lock to mutex

Published Sep 13, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bonding: change ipsec_lock from spin lock to mutex

In the cited commit, bond->ipsec_lock is added to protect ipsec_list,
hence xdo_dev_state_add and xdo_dev_state_delete are called inside
this lock. As ipsec_lock is a spin lock and such xfrmdev ops may sleep,
"scheduling while atomic" will be triggered when changing bond's
active slave.

[ 101.055189] BUG: scheduling while atomic: bash/902/0x00000200
[ 101.055726] Modules linked in:
[ 101.058211] CPU: 3 PID: 902 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.9.0-rc4+ #1
[ 101.058760] Hardware name:
[ 101.059434] Call Trace:
[ 101.059436] <TASK>
[ 101.060873] dump_stack_lvl+0x51/0x60
[ 101.061275] __schedule_bug+0x4e/0x60
[ 101.061682] __schedule+0x612/0x7c0
[ 101.062078] ? __mod_timer+0x25c/0x370
[ 101.062486] schedule+0x25/0xd0
[ 101.062845] schedule_timeout+0x77/0xf0
[ 101.063265] ? asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40
[ 101.063724] ? __bpf_trace_itimer_state+0x10/0x10
[ 101.064215] __wait_for_common+0x87/0x190
[ 101.064648] ? usleep_range_state+0x90/0x90
[ 101.065091] cmd_exec+0x437/0xb20 [mlx5_core]
[ 101.065569] mlx5_cmd_do+0x1e/0x40 [mlx5_core]
[ 101.066051] mlx5_cmd_exec+0x18/0x30 [mlx5_core]
[ 101.066552] mlx5_crypto_create_dek_key+0xea/0x120 [mlx5_core]
[ 101.067163] ? bonding_sysfs_store_option+0x4d/0x80 [bonding]
[ 101.067738] ? kmalloc_trace+0x4d/0x350
[ 101.068156] mlx5_ipsec_create_sa_ctx+0x33/0x100 [mlx5_core]
[ 101.068747] mlx5e_xfrm_add_state+0x47b/0xaa0 [mlx5_core]
[ 101.069312] bond_change_active_slave+0x392/0x900 [bonding]
[ 101.069868] bond_option_active_slave_set+0x1c2/0x240 [bonding]
[ 101.070454] __bond_opt_set+0xa6/0x430 [bonding]
[ 101.070935] __bond_opt_set_notify+0x2f/0x90 [bonding]
[ 101.071453] bond_opt_tryset_rtnl+0x72/0xb0 [bonding]
[ 101.071965] bonding_sysfs_store_option+0x4d/0x80 [bonding]
[ 101.072567] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x10c/0x1a0
[ 101.073033] vfs_write+0x2d8/0x400
[ 101.073416] ? alloc_fd+0x48/0x180
[ 101.073798] ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0
[ 101.074175] do_syscall_64+0x52/0x110
[ 101.074576] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

As bond_ipsec_add_sa_all and bond_ipsec_del_sa_all are only called
from bond_change_active_slave, which requires holding the RTNL lock.
And bond_ipsec_add_sa and bond_ipsec_del_sa are xfrm state
xdo_dev_state_add and xdo_dev_state_delete APIs, which are in user
context. So ipsec_lock doesn't have to be spin lock, change it to
mutex, and thus the above issue can be resolved.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
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-7196-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics 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'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0003}

epss

{'score': 0.00032}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-367
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-667
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:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: change ipsec_lock from spin lock to mutex In the cited commit, bond->ipsec_lock is added to protect ipsec_list, hence xdo_dev_state_add and xdo_dev_state_delete are called inside this lock. As ipsec_lock is a spin lock and such xfrmdev ops may sleep, "scheduling while atomic" will be triggered when changing bond's active slave. [ 101.055189] BUG: scheduling while atomic: bash/902/0x00000200 [ 101.055726] Modules linked in: [ 101.058211] CPU: 3 PID: 902 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.9.0-rc4+ #1 [ 101.058760] Hardware name: [ 101.059434] Call Trace: [ 101.059436] <TASK> [ 101.060873] dump_stack_lvl+0x51/0x60 [ 101.061275] __schedule_bug+0x4e/0x60 [ 101.061682] __schedule+0x612/0x7c0 [ 101.062078] ? __mod_timer+0x25c/0x370 [ 101.062486] schedule+0x25/0xd0 [ 101.062845] schedule_timeout+0x77/0xf0 [ 101.063265] ? asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40 [ 101.063724] ? __bpf_trace_itimer_state+0x10/0x10 [ 101.064215] __wait_for_common+0x87/0x190 [ 101.064648] ? usleep_range_state+0x90/0x90 [ 101.065091] cmd_exec+0x437/0xb20 [mlx5_core] [ 101.065569] mlx5_cmd_do+0x1e/0x40 [mlx5_core] [ 101.066051] mlx5_cmd_exec+0x18/0x30 [mlx5_core] [ 101.066552] mlx5_crypto_create_dek_key+0xea/0x120 [mlx5_core] [ 101.067163] ? bonding_sysfs_store_option+0x4d/0x80 [bonding] [ 101.067738] ? kmalloc_trace+0x4d/0x350 [ 101.068156] mlx5_ipsec_create_sa_ctx+0x33/0x100 [mlx5_core] [ 101.068747] mlx5e_xfrm_add_state+0x47b/0xaa0 [mlx5_core] [ 101.069312] bond_change_active_slave+0x392/0x900 [bonding] [ 101.069868] bond_option_active_slave_set+0x1c2/0x240 [bonding] [ 101.070454] __bond_opt_set+0xa6/0x430 [bonding] [ 101.070935] __bond_opt_set_notify+0x2f/0x90 [bonding] [ 101.071453] bond_opt_tryset_rtnl+0x72/0xb0 [bonding] [ 101.071965] bonding_sysfs_store_option+0x4d/0x80 [bonding] [ 101.072567] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x10c/0x1a0 [ 101.073033] vfs_write+0x2d8/0x400 [ 101.073416] ? alloc_fd+0x48/0x180 [ 101.073798] ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0 [ 101.074175] do_syscall_64+0x52/0x110 [ 101.074576] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 As bond_ipsec_add_sa_all and bond_ipsec_del_sa_all are only called from bond_change_active_slave, which requires holding the RTNL lock. And bond_ipsec_add_sa and bond_ipsec_del_sa are xfrm state xdo_dev_state_add and xdo_dev_state_delete APIs, which are in user context. So ipsec_lock doesn't have to be spin lock, change it to mutex, and thus the above issue can be resolved.
Title bonding: change ipsec_lock from spin lock to mutex
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2026, 11:37 AM
Reserved
Sep 11, 2024, 3:12 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 13, 2024, 6:15 AM
Modified
Aug 4, 2026, 11:20 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 13, 2024, 12:00 AM