--- id: CVE-2024-50040 title: |- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: Do not bring the device up after non-fatal error Commit 004d25060c78 ("igb: Fix igb_down hung on surprise removal") changed igb_io_error_detected() to ignore non-… summary: |- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: Do not bring the device up after non-fatal error Commit 004d25060c78 ("igb: Fix igb_down hung on surprise removal") changed igb_io_error_detected() to ignore non-… severity: medium cvss: 5.5 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H' vendor: linux product: linux_kernel affected: - 'linux_kernel >= 4.14.322, < 4.15' - 'linux_kernel >= 4.19.291, < 4.20' - 'linux_kernel >= 5.4.251, < 5.5' - 'linux_kernel >= 5.10.188, < 5.10.227' - 'linux_kernel >= 5.15.150, < 5.15.168' - 'linux_kernel >= 6.1.42, < 6.1.113' - 'linux_kernel >= 6.4.7, < 6.5' - 'linux_kernel >= 6.5, < 6.6.57' - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.11.4' - linux_kernel = 6.12 patched: - linux_kernel 6.11.4 published: '2024-10-21' updated: '2026-10-15' sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T01:19:05.790' source: NVD sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50040' references: - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a94079e3841d00ea5abb05e3233d019a86745f6' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/330a699ecbfc9c26ec92c6310686da1230b4e7eb' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/500be93c5d53b7e2c5314292012185f0207bad0c' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57c5053eaa5f9a8a99e34732e37a86615318e464' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a39c8f5c8aae74c5ab2ba466791f59ffaab0178' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c92cbd283ddcf55fd85a9a9b0ba13298213f3dd7' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d79af3af2f49c6aae9add3d492c04d60c1b85ce4' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dca2ca65a8695d9593e2cf1b40848e073ad75413' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html' label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html' label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html' label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e tags: - nvd - cve.org epss: 0.00258 epssPercentile: 0.17431 ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.761Z' ssvc: exploitation: none automatable: 'no' technicalImpact: partial timestamp: '2024-10-22T13:24:54.389339Z' --- ## Overview In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: Do not bring the device up after non-fatal error Commit 004d25060c78 ("igb: Fix igb_down hung on surprise removal") changed igb_io_error_detected() to ignore non-fatal pcie errors in order to avoid hung task that can happen when igb_down() is called multiple times. This caused an issue when processing transient non-fatal errors. igb_io_resume(), which is called after igb_io_error_detected(), assumes that device is brought down by igb_io_error_detected() if the interface is up. This resulted in panic with stacktrace below. [ T3256] igb 0000:09:00.0 haeth0: igb: haeth0 NIC Link is Down [ T292] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: AER: Uncorrected (Non-Fatal) error received: 0000:09:00.0 [ T292] igb 0000:09:00.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Uncorrected (Non-Fatal), type=Transaction Layer, (Requester ID) [ T292] igb 0000:09:00.0: device [8086:1537] error status/mask=00004000/00000000 [ T292] igb 0000:09:00.0: [14] CmpltTO [ 200.105524,009][ T292] igb 0000:09:00.0: AER: TLP Header: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ T292] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: AER: broadcast error_detected message [ T292] igb 0000:09:00.0: Non-correctable non-fatal error reported. [ T292] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: AER: broadcast mmio_enabled message [ T292] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: AER: broadcast resume message [ T292] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ T292] kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:6539! [ T292] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ T292] RIP: 0010:napi_enable+0x37/0x40 [ T292] Call Trace: [ T292] [ T292] ? die+0x33/0x90 [ T292] ? do_trap+0xdc/0x110 [ T292] ? napi_enable+0x37/0x40 [ T292] ? do_error_trap+0x70/0xb0 [ T292] ? napi_enable+0x37/0x40 [ T292] ? napi_enable+0x37/0x40 [ T292] ? exc_invalid_op+0x4e/0x70 [ T292] ? napi_enable+0x37/0x40 [ T292] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 [ T292] ? napi_enable+0x37/0x40 [ T292] igb_up+0x41/0x150 [ T292] igb_io_resume+0x25/0x70 [ T292] report_resume+0x54/0x70 [ T292] ? report_frozen_detected+0x20/0x20 [ T292] pci_walk_bus+0x6c/0x90 [ T292] ? aer_print_port_info+0xa0/0xa0 [ T292] pcie_do_recovery+0x22f/0x380 [ T292] aer_process_err_devices+0x110/0x160 [ T292] aer_isr+0x1c1/0x1e0 [ T292] ? disable_irq_nosync+0x10/0x10 [ T292] irq_thread_fn+0x1a/0x60 [ T292] irq_thread+0xe3/0x1a0 [ T292] ? irq_set_affinity_notifier+0x120/0x120 [ T292] ? irq_affinity_notify+0x100/0x100 [ T292] kthread+0xe2/0x110 [ T292] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 [ T292] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 [ T292] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 [ T292] ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 [ T292] To fix this issue igb_io_resume() checks if the interface is running and the device is not down this means igb_io_error_detected() did not bring the device down and there is no need to bring it up. ## Affected - `linux_kernel >= 4.14.322, < 4.15` - `linux_kernel >= 4.19.291, < 4.20` - `linux_kernel >= 5.4.251, < 5.5` - `linux_kernel >= 5.10.188, < 5.10.227` - `linux_kernel >= 5.15.150, < 5.15.168` - `linux_kernel >= 6.1.42, < 6.1.113` - `linux_kernel >= 6.4.7, < 6.5` - `linux_kernel >= 6.5, < 6.6.57` - `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.11.4` - `linux_kernel = 6.12` ## Remediation Upgrade past the affected range: - `linux_kernel 6.11.4`