{"cve":"CVE-2024-53209","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-27T14:15:28.793","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:01.300","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbnxt_en: Fix receive ring space parameters when XDP is active\n\nThe MTU setting at the time an XDP multi-buffer is attached\ndetermines whether the aggregation ring will be used and the\nrx_skb_func handler.  This is done in bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode().\n\nIf the MTU is later changed, the aggregation ring setting may need\nto be changed and it may become out-of-sync with the settings\ninitially done in bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode().  This may result in\nrandom memory corruption and crashes as the HW may DMA data larger\nthan the allocated buffer size, such as:\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000003c0\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\nCPU: 17 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/17 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S         OE      6.1.0-226bf9805506 #1\nHardware name: Wiwynn Delta Lake PVT BZA.02601.0150/Delta Lake-Class1, BIOS F0E_3A12 08/26/2021\nRIP: 0010:bnxt_rx_pkt+0xe97/0x1ae0 [bnxt_en]\nCode: 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\nRSP: 0018:ffffa19f40cc0d18 EFLAGS: 00010202\nRAX: 00000000000001e0 RBX: ffff8e2c805c6100 RCX: 00000000000007ff\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8e2c271ab990 RDI: ffff8e2c84f12380\nRBP: ffffa19f40cc0e48 R08: 000000000001000d R09: 974ea2fcddfa4cbf\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffa19f40cc0ff8 R12: ffff8e2c94b58980\nR13: ffff8e2c952d6600 R14: 0000000000000016 R15: ffff8e2c271ab990\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8e3b3f840000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00000000000003c0 CR3: 0000000e8580a004 CR4: 00000000007706e0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nPKRU: 55555554\nCall Trace:\n <IRQ>\n __bnxt_poll_work+0x1c2/0x3e0 [bnxt_en]\n\nTo address the issue, we now call bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode() within\nbnxt_change_mtu() to properly set the AGG rings configuration and\nupdate rx_skb_func based on the new MTU value.\nAdditionally, BNXT_FLAG_NO_AGG_RINGS is cleared at the beginning of\nbnxt_set_rx_skb_mode() to make sure it gets set or cleared based on\nthe current MTU.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3051a77a09dfe3022aa012071346937fdf059033","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f306c651feab2f3689185f60b94e72b573255db","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84353386762a0a16dd444ead76c012e167d89b41","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7fd784d7c6a1bd927a23e0d06f09a776ee3889b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf54a7660fc8d2166f41ff1d67a643b15d8b2250"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-53209","score":0.00626,"percentile":0.49712,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}