🇰🇷 한글 설명
Linux 커널의 ice 드라이버에서 ice_reset_all_vfs() 함수가 ice_vf_rebuild_vsi()의 반환 값을 확인하지 않아 발생하는 NULL 포인터 역참조 취약점입니다. VSI 재구축 실패 시 초기화되지 않은 포인터에 접근하여 커널 패닉(시스템 충돌)을 유발할 수 있습니다.
💡 쉬운 설명
네트워크 장치 소프트웨어가 업데이트 중에 오류가 발생했을 때, 잘못된 메모리 주소를 참조하여 컴퓨터 시스템 전체가 갑자기 멈추거나 꺼질 수 있는 문제입니다.
🇺🇸 원문 (English)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_reset_all_vfs()
ice_reset_all_vfs() ignores the return value of ice_vf_rebuild_vsi().
When the VSI rebuild fails (e.g. during NVM firmware update via
nvmupdate64e), ice_vsi_rebuild() tears down the VSI on its error path,
leaving txq_map and rxq_map as NULL. The subsequent unconditional call
to ice_vf_post_vsi_rebuild() leads to a NULL pointer dereference in
ice_ena_vf_q_mappings() when it accesses vsi->txq_map[0].
The single-VF reset path in ice_reset_vf() already handles this
correctly by checking the return value of ice_vf_reconfig_vsi() and
skipping ice_vf_post_vsi_rebuild() on failure.
Apply the same pattern to ice_reset_all_vfs(): check the return value
of ice_vf_rebuild_vsi() and skip ice_vf_post_vsi_rebuild() and
ice_eswitch_attach_vf() on failure. The VF is left safely disabled
(ICE_VF_STATE_INIT not set, VFGEN_RSTAT not set to VFACTIVE) and can
be recovered via a VFLR triggered by a PCI reset of the VF
(sysfs reset or driver rebind).
Note that this patch does not prevent the VF VSI rebuild from failing
during NVM update — the underlying cause is firmware being in a
transitional state while the EMP reset is processed, which can cause
Admin Queue commands (ice_add_vsi, ice_cfg_vsi_lan) to fail. This
patch only prevents the subsequent NULL pointer dereference that
crashes the kernel when the rebuild does fail.
crash> bt
PID: 50795 TASK: ff34c9ee708dc680 CPU: 1 COMMAND: "kworker/u512:5"
#0 [ff72159bcfe5bb50] machine_kexec at ffffffffaa8850ee
#1 [ff72159bcfe5bba8] __crash_kexec at ffffffffaaa15fba
#2 [ff72159bcfe5bc68] crash_kexec at ffffffffaaa16540
#3 [ff72159bcfe5bc70] oops_end at ffffffffaa837eda
#4 [ff72159bcfe5bc90] page_fault_oops at ffffffffaa893997
#5 [ff72159bcfe5bce8] exc_page_fault at ffffffffab528595
#6 [ff72159bcfe5bd10] asm_exc_page_fault at ffffffffab600bb2
[exception RIP: ice_ena_vf_q_mappings+0x79]
RIP: ffffffffc0a85b29 RSP: ff72159bcfe5bdc8 RFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 00000000000f0000 RBX: ff34c9efc9c00000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000010 RDI: ff34c9efc9c00000
RBP: ff34c9efc27d4828 R8: 0000000000000093 R9: 0000000000000040
R10: ff34c9efc27d4828 R11: 0000000000000040 R12: 0000000000100000
R13: 0000000000000010 R14: R15:
ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff CS: 0010 SS: 0018
#7 [ff72159bcfe5bdf8] ice_sriov_post_vsi_rebuild at ffffffffc0a85e2e [ice]
#8 [ff72159bcfe5be08] ice_reset_all_vfs at ffffffffc0a920b4 [ice]
#9 [ff72159bcfe5be48] ice_service_task at ffffffffc0a31519 [ice]
#10 [ff72159bcfe5be88] process_one_work at ffffffffaa93dca4
#11 [ff72159bcfe5bec8] worker_thread at ffffffffaa93e9de
#12 [ff72159bcfe5bf18] kthread at ffffffffaa946663
#13 [ff72159bcfe5bf50] ret_from_fork at ffffffffaa8086b9
The panic occurs attempting to dereference the NULL pointer in RDX at
ice_sriov.c:294, which loads vsi->txq_map (offset 0x4b8 in ice_vsi).
The faulting VSI is an allocated slab object but not fully initialized
after a failed ice_vsi_rebuild():
crash> struct ice_vsi 0xff34c9efc27d4828
netdev = 0x0,
rx_rings = 0x0,
tx_rings = 0x0,
q_vectors = 0x0,
txq_map = 0x0,
rxq_map = 0x0,
alloc_txq = 0x10,
num_txq = 0x10,
alloc_rxq = 0x10,
num_rxq = 0x10,
The nvmupdate64e process was performing NVM firmware update:
crash> bt 0xff34c9edd1a30000
PID: 49858 TASK: ff34c9edd1a30000 CPU: 1 COMMAND: "nvmupdate64e"
#0 [ff72159bcd617618] __schedule at ffffffffab5333f8
#4 [ff72159bcd617750] ice_sq_send_cmd at ffffffffc0a35347 [ice]
#5 [ff72159bcd6177a8] ice_sq_send_cmd_retry at ffffffffc0a35b47 [ice]
#6 [ff72159bcd617810] ice_aq_send_cmd at ffffffffc0a38018 [ice]
#7 [ff72159bcd617848] ice_aq_read_nvm at ffffffffc0a40254 [ice]
#8
---truncated---
📍 영향받는 시스템
Linux kernel (ice driver 사용 환경)
⚔️ 공격 벡터
NVM 펌웨어 업데이트 중 오류를 유발하여 커널 패닉을 일으키는 로컬/물리적 공격 가능
🛡️ 대응 방법
ice 드라이버의 오류 처리 로직이 수정된 최신 Linux 커널로 업데이트
🔧 검증 코드
현재 실행 중인 커널 버전을 확인하여 취약점이 패치된 버전인지 확인합니다.