Kernel panic via misaligned MANA RX buffer
Published Sep 4, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Buffer misalignment in the MANA driver in Linux allows remote attackers to trigger a kernel panic through received network traffic. The RX allocation size passed to napi_build_skb() can place skb_shinfo(skb)->dataref at an address unsuitable for atomic operations. The affected path requires an ARM64 system using the MANA receive path, and the resulting alignment fault interrupts the host rather than disclosing or modifying data.
Summary
What happened
Buffer misalignment in the MANA driver in Linux allows remote attackers to trigger a kernel panic through received network traffic. The RX allocation size passed to napi_build_skb() can place skb_shinfo(skb)->dataref at an address unsuitable for atomic operations. The affected path requires an ARM64 system using the MANA receive path, and the resulting alignment fault interrupts the host rather than disclosing or modifying data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-45001
- Published
- Sep 4, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 4, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.4
- Affected versionversion=80f6215b450eb8e92d8b1f117abf5ecf867f963e <32316f676b4ee87c0404d333d248ccf777f739bc
- Affected versionversion=80f6215b450eb8e92d8b1f117abf5ecf867f963e <65f20b174ec0172f2d6bcfd8533ab9c9e7e347fa
- Affected versionversion=80f6215b450eb8e92d8b1f117abf5ecf867f963e <e6bea6a45f8a401f3d5a430bc81814f0cc8848cf
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