{"cve":"CVE-2024-50042","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T20:15:17.200","modified":"2026-06-17T08:03:26.690","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nice: Fix increasing MSI-X on VF\n\nIncreasing MSI-X value on a VF leads to invalid memory operations. This\nis caused by not reallocating some arrays.\n\nReproducer:\n  modprobe ice\n  echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/$PF_PCI/sriov_drivers_autoprobe\n  echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/$PF_PCI/sriov_numvfs\n  echo 17 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/$VF0_PCI/sriov_vf_msix_count\n\nDefault MSI-X is 16, so 17 and above triggers this issue.\n\nKASAN reports:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats+0x38d/0x4b0 [ice]\n  Read of size 8 at addr ffff8888b937d180 by task bash/28433\n  (...)\n\n  Call Trace:\n   (...)\n   ? ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats+0x38d/0x4b0 [ice]\n   kasan_report+0xed/0x120\n   ? ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats+0x38d/0x4b0 [ice]\n   ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats+0x38d/0x4b0 [ice]\n   ice_vsi_cfg_def+0x3360/0x4770 [ice]\n   ? mutex_unlock+0x83/0xd0\n   ? __pfx_ice_vsi_cfg_def+0x10/0x10 [ice]\n   ? __pfx_ice_remove_vsi_lkup_fltr+0x10/0x10 [ice]\n   ice_vsi_cfg+0x7f/0x3b0 [ice]\n   ice_vf_reconfig_vsi+0x114/0x210 [ice]\n   ice_sriov_set_msix_vec_count+0x3d0/0x960 [ice]\n   sriov_vf_msix_count_store+0x21c/0x300\n   (...)\n\n  Allocated by task 28201:\n   (...)\n   ice_vsi_cfg_def+0x1c8e/0x4770 [ice]\n   ice_vsi_cfg+0x7f/0x3b0 [ice]\n   ice_vsi_setup+0x179/0xa30 [ice]\n   ice_sriov_configure+0xcaa/0x1520 [ice]\n   sriov_numvfs_store+0x212/0x390\n   (...)\n\nTo fix it, use ice_vsi_rebuild() instead of ice_vf_reconfig_vsi(). This\ncauses the required arrays to be reallocated taking the new queue count\ninto account (ice_vsi_realloc_stat_arrays()). Set req_txq and req_rxq\nbefore ice_vsi_rebuild(), so that realloc uses the newly set queue\ncount.\n\nAdditionally, ice_vsi_rebuild() does not remove VSI filters\n(ice_fltr_remove_all()), so ice_vf_init_host_cfg() is no longer\nnecessary.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bce9af1b030bf59d51bbabf909a3ef164787e44e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbda6197929418fabf0e45ecf9b7a76360944c70"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-50042","score":0.0021,"percentile":0.11264,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}