In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device
When removing a netfront device directly after a suspend/resume cycle
it might happen that the queues have not been setup again, causing a
crash during the attempt to stop the queues another time.
Fix that by checking the queues are existing before trying to stop
them.
This is XSA-465 / CVE-2024-53240.
                
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*  | 
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| Description | No description is available for this CVE. | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device When removing a netfront device directly after a suspend/resume cycle it might happen that the queues have not been setup again, causing a crash during the attempt to stop the queues another time. Fix that by checking the queues are existing before trying to stop them. This is XSA-465 / CVE-2024-53240. | 
| Title | kernel: xen: netfront: Backend can crash Linux netfront (Xen Security Advisory 465) | xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device | 
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| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | 
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| Description | No description is available for this CVE. | |
| Title | kernel: xen: netfront: Backend can crash Linux netfront (Xen Security Advisory 465) | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-12-24T09:22:36.448Z
Updated: 2025-11-03T20:48:10.952Z
Reserved: 2024-11-19T17:17:25.026Z
Link: CVE-2024-53240
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Status : Modified
Published: 2024-12-24T10:15:06.460
Modified: 2025-11-03T21:17:45.823
Link: CVE-2024-53240