{"id":"CVE-2024-42110","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-42110","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:23:15.150Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ntb_netdev: Move ntb_netdev_rx_handler() to call netif_rx() from __netif_rx() The following is emitted when using idxd (DSA) dmanegine as the data mover for ntb_transport that…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ntb_netdev: Move ntb_netdev_rx_handler() to call netif_rx() from __netif_rx()\n\nThe following is emitted when using idxd (DSA) dmanegine as the data\nmover for ntb_transport that ntb_netdev uses.\n\n[74412.546922] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: irq/52-idxd-por/14526\n[74412.556784] caller is netif_rx_internal+0x42/0x130\n[74412.562282] CPU: 6 PID: 14526 Comm: irq/52-idxd-por Not tainted 6.9.5 #5\n[74412.569870] Hardware name: Intel Corporation ArcherCity/ArcherCity, BIOS EGSDCRB1.E9I.1752.P05.2402080856 02/08/2024\n[74412.581699] Call Trace:\n[74412.584514]  <TASK>\n[74412.586933]  dump_stack_lvl+0x55/0x70\n[74412.591129]  check_preemption_disabled+0xc8/0xf0\n[74412.596374]  netif_rx_internal+0x42/0x130\n[74412.600957]  __netif_rx+0x20/0xd0\n[74412.604743]  ntb_netdev_rx_handler+0x66/0x150 [ntb_netdev]\n[74412.610985]  ntb_complete_rxc+0xed/0x140 [ntb_transport]\n[74412.617010]  ntb_rx_copy_callback+0x53/0x80 [ntb_transport]\n[74412.623332]  idxd_dma_complete_txd+0xe3/0x160 [idxd]\n[74412.628963]  idxd_wq_thread+0x1a6/0x2b0 [idxd]\n[74412.634046]  irq_thread_fn+0x21/0x60\n[74412.638134]  ? irq_thread+0xa8/0x290\n[74412.642218]  irq_thread+0x1a0/0x290\n[74412.646212]  ? __pfx_irq_thread_fn+0x10/0x10\n[74412.651071]  ? __pfx_irq_thread_dtor+0x10/0x10\n[74412.656117]  ? __pfx_irq_thread+0x10/0x10\n[74412.660686]  kthread+0x100/0x130\n[74412.664384]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[74412.668639]  ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50\n[74412.672716]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[74412.676978]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n[74412.681457]  </TASK>\n\nThe cause is due to the idxd driver interrupt completion handler uses\nthreaded interrupt and the threaded handler is not hard or soft interrupt\ncontext. However __netif_rx() can only be called from interrupt context.\nChange the call to netif_rx() in order to allow completion via normal\ncontext for dmaengine drivers that utilize threaded irq handling.\n\nWhile the following commit changed from netif_rx() to __netif_rx(),\nbaebdf48c360 (\"net: dev: Makes sure netif_rx() can be invoked in any context.\"),\nthe change should've been a noop instead. However, the code precedes this\nfix should've been using netif_rx_ni() or netif_rx_any_context().","published":"2024-07-30T08:15:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-04T11:19:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00646,"percentile":0.50696,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b3b6c7efee69f077b86ef7f088fb96768e46e1f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/858ae09f03677a4ab907a15516893bc2cc79d4c3","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e15a5d821e5192a3769d846079bc9aa380139baf","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3af5b14e7632bf12058533d69055393e2d126c9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b3b6c7efee69f077b86ef7f088fb96768e46e1f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/858ae09f03677a4ab907a15516893bc2cc79d4c3","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e15a5d821e5192a3769d846079bc9aa380139baf","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3af5b14e7632bf12058533d69055393e2d126c9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42110","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}