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CVE-2024-40923: vmxnet3: disable rx data ring on dma allocation failure

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.79% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 56% of all records.
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 9ee14af24e67ef170108db547f7d1f701b3f2bc5, aa116ae9d169e28b692292460aed27fc44f4a017, ffbe335b8d471f79b259e950cb20999700670456.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 9.8, NVD 5.5.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 9ee14af24e67ef170108db547f7d1f701b3f2bc5, aa116ae9d169e28b692292460aed27fc44f4a017, ffbe335b8d471f79b259e950cb20999700670456 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vmxnet3: disable rx data ring on dma allocation failure When vmxnet3_rq_create() fails to allocate memory for rq->data_ring.base, the subsequent call to vmxnet3_rq_destroy_all_rxdataring does not reset rq->data_ring.desc_size for the data ring that failed, which presumably causes the hypervisor to reference it on packet reception. To fix this bug, rq->data_ring.desc_size needs to be set to 0 to tell the hypervisor to disable this feature. [ 95.436876] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:207! [ 95.439074] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 95.440411] CPU: 7 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Not tainted 6.9.3-dirty #1 [ 95.441558] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 12/12/2018 [ 95.443481] RIP: 0010:skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f [ 95.444404] Code: 4f 70 50 8b 87 c0 00 00 00 50 8b 87 bc 00 00 00 50 ff b7 d0 00 00 00 4c 8b 8f c8 00 00 00 48 c7 c7 68 e8 be 9f e8 63 58 f9 ff <0f> 0b 48 8b 14 24 48 c7 c1 d0 73 65 9f e8 a1 ff ff ff 48 8b 14 24 [ 95.447684] RSP: 0018:ffffa13340274dd0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 95.448762] RAX: 0000000000000089 RBX: ffff8fbbc72b02d0 RCX: 000000000000083f [ 95.450148] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000000000f6 RDI: 000000000000083f [ 95.451520] RBP: 000000000000002d R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffa13340274c60 [ 95.452886] R10: ffffffffa04ed468 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 95.454293] R13: ffff8fbbdab3c2d0 R14: ffff8fbbdbd829e0 R15: ffff8fbbdbd809e0 [ 95.455682] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8fbeefd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 95.457178] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 95.458340] CR2: 00007fd0d1f650c8 CR3: 0000000115f28000 CR4: 00000000000406f0 [ 95.459791] Call Trace: [ 95.460515] <IRQ> [ 95.461180] ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27 [ 95.462150] ? die+0x2e/0x50 [ 95.462976] ? do_trap+0xca/0x110 [ 95.463973] ? do_error_trap+0x6a/0x90 [ 95.464966] ? skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f [ 95.465901] ? exc_invalid_op+0x50/0x70 [ 95.466849] ? skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f [ 95.467718] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [ 95.468758] ? skb_panic+0x4d/0x4f [ 95.469655] skb_put.cold+0x10/0x10 [ 95.470573] vmxnet3_rq_rx_complete+0x862/0x11e0 [vmxnet3] [ 95.471853] vmxnet3_poll_rx_only+0x36/0xb0 [vmxnet3] [ 95.473185] __napi_poll+0x2b/0x160 [ 95.474145] net_rx_action+0x2c6/0x3b0 [ 95.475115] handle_softirqs+0xe7/0x2a0 [ 95.476122] __irq_exit_rcu+0x97/0xb0 [ 95.477109] common_interrupt+0x85/0xa0 [ 95.478102] </IRQ> [ 95.478846] <TASK> [ 95.479603] asm_common_interrupt+0x26/0x40 [ 95.480657] RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 [ 95.481801] Code: 22 d7 e9 54 87 01 00 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa eb 07 0f 00 2d 93 ba 3b 00 fb f4 <e9> 2c 87 01 00 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 [ 95.485563] RSP: 0018:ffffa133400ffe58 EFLAGS: 00000246 [ 95.486882] RAX: 0000000000004000 RBX: ffff8fbbc1d14064 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 95.488477] RDX: ffff8fbeefd80000 RSI: ffff8fbbc1d14000 RDI: 0000000000000001 [ 95.490067] RBP: ffff8fbbc1d14064 R08: ffffffffa0652260 R09: 00000000000010d3 [ 95.491683] R10: 0000000000000018 R11: ffff8fbeefdb4764 R12: ffffffffa0652260 [ 95.493389] R13: ffffffffa06522e0 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 95.495035] acpi_safe_halt+0x14/0x20 [ 95.496127] acpi_idle_do_entry+0x2f/0x50 [ 95.497221] acpi_idle_enter+0x7f/0xd0 [ 95.498272] cpuidle_enter_state+0x81/0x420 [ 95.499375] cpuidle_enter+0x2d/0x40 [ 95.500400] do_idle+0x1e5/0x240 [ 95.501385] cpu_startup_entry+0x29/0x30 [ 95.502422] start_secondary+0x11c/0x140 [ 95.503454] common_startup_64+0x13e/0x141 [ 95.504466] </TASK> [ 95.505197] Modules linked in: nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ip ---truncated---

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jul 12, 2024
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.7% · 56th percentile
CWE
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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.7%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · Linux
9.8
4.3 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel6.3.1 and later · before 6.6.35
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.9.6
  • linux linux kernel6.10
  • linux linux kernel6.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 6.3affected
    • 6f4833383e8514ea796d094e05c24889b8997fde and later · before 9ee14af24e67ef170108db547f7d1f701b3f2bc5affected · git
    • 6f4833383e8514ea796d094e05c24889b8997fde and later · before aa116ae9d169e28b692292460aed27fc44f4a017affected · git
    • 6f4833383e8514ea796d094e05c24889b8997fde and later · before ffbe335b8d471f79b259e950cb20999700670456affected · git
    • before 6.3not affected · semver
    • 6.6.35 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
    • 6.9.6 and later · up to and including 6.9.*not affected · semver
    • 6.10 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.9.7-16.9.7-1

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-40921Jul 12, 2024 · net: bridge: mst: pass vlan group directly to br_mst_vlan_set_state
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-40922Jul 12, 2024 · io_uring/rsrc: don't lock while !TASK_RUNNING
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-40924Jul 12, 2024 · drm/i915/dpt: Make DPT object unshrinkable
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux9ee14af24e67ef170108db547f7d1f701b3f2bc5Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxaa116ae9d169e28b692292460aed27fc44f4a017Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxffbe335b8d471f79b259e950cb20999700670456Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.9.7-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days+1% in 7 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

—

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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