---
id: CVE-2024-53209
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  bnxt_en: Fix receive ring space parameters when XDP is active

  The MTU setting at the time an XDP multi-buffer is attached
  determines whether the aggregation ring will …
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  bnxt_en: Fix receive ring space parameters when XDP is active

  The MTU setting at the time an XDP multi-buffer is attached
  determines whether the aggregation ring will …
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-476
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.1.45, < 6.2'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.4.10, < 6.11.11'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.12, < 6.12.2'
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.12.2
published: '2024-12-27'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T22:18:01.300'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53209'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3051a77a09dfe3022aa012071346937fdf059033'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f306c651feab2f3689185f60b94e72b573255db'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84353386762a0a16dd444ead76c012e167d89b41'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7fd784d7c6a1bd927a23e0d06f09a776ee3889b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf54a7660fc8d2166f41ff1d67a643b15d8b2250'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00626
epssPercentile: 0.49802
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-15T21:40:59.266506Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T22:48:25.443Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bnxt_en: Fix receive ring space parameters when XDP is active

The MTU setting at the time an XDP multi-buffer is attached
determines whether the aggregation ring will be used and the
rx_skb_func handler.  This is done in bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode().

If the MTU is later changed, the aggregation ring setting may need
to be changed and it may become out-of-sync with the settings
initially done in bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode().  This may result in
random memory corruption and crashes as the HW may DMA data larger
than the allocated buffer size, such as:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000003c0
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 17 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/17 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S         OE      6.1.0-226bf9805506 #1
Hardware name: Wiwynn Delta Lake PVT BZA.02601.0150/Delta Lake-Class1, BIOS F0E_3A12 08/26/2021
RIP: 0010:bnxt_rx_pkt+0xe97/0x1ae0 [bnxt_en]
Code: 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
RSP: 0018:ffffa19f40cc0d18 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 00000000000001e0 RBX: ffff8e2c805c6100 RCX: 00000000000007ff
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8e2c271ab990 RDI: ffff8e2c84f12380
RBP: ffffa19f40cc0e48 R08: 000000000001000d R09: 974ea2fcddfa4cbf
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffa19f40cc0ff8 R12: ffff8e2c94b58980
R13: ffff8e2c952d6600 R14: 0000000000000016 R15: ffff8e2c271ab990
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8e3b3f840000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00000000000003c0 CR3: 0000000e8580a004 CR4: 00000000007706e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 __bnxt_poll_work+0x1c2/0x3e0 [bnxt_en]

To address the issue, we now call bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode() within
bnxt_change_mtu() to properly set the AGG rings configuration and
update rx_skb_func based on the new MTU value.
Additionally, BNXT_FLAG_NO_AGG_RINGS is cleared at the beginning of
bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode() to make sure it gets set or cleared based on
the current MTU.

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 6.1.45, < 6.2`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.4.10, < 6.11.11`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.12, < 6.12.2`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.12.2`