As a catastrophic security flaw, CVE-2024-56656 has severe implications, demanding immediate intervention.
Status: Modified
Last updated: 🕚 04 Aug 2026, 11:22 UTC
Originally published on: 🕒 27 Dec 2024, 15:15 UTC
Time between publication and last update: 584 days
CVSS Release: version 3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2024-56656: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Fix aggregation ID mask to prevent oops on 5760X chips The 5760X (P7) chip's HW GRO/LRO interface is very similar to that of the previous generation (5750X or P5). However, the aggregation ID fields in the completion structures on P7 have been redefined from 16 bits to 12 bits. The freed up 4 bits are redefined for part of the metadata such as the VLAN ID. The aggregation ID mask was not modified when adding support for P7 chips. Including the extra 4 bits for the aggregation ID can potentially cause the driver to store or fetch the packet header of GRO/LRO packets in the wrong TPA buffer. It may hit the BUG() condition in __skb_pull() because the SKB contains no valid packet header: kernel BUG at include/linux/skbuff.h:2766! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 1 PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/4 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.12.0-rc2+ #7 Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R760/0VRV9X, BIOS 1.0.1 12/27/2022 RIP: 0010:eth_type_trans+0xda/0x140 Code: 80 00 00 00 eb c1 8b 47 70 2b 47 74 48 8b 97 d0 00 00 00 83 f8 01 7e 1b 48 85 d2 74 06 66 83 3a ff 74 09 b8 00 04 00 00 eb a5 <0f> 0b b8 00 01 00 00 eb 9c 48 85 ff 74 eb 31 f6 b9 02 00 00 00 48 RSP: 0018:ff615003803fcc28 EFLAGS: 00010283 RAX: 00000000000022d2 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: ff2e8c25da334040 RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: ff2e8c25c1ce8000 RDI: ff2e8c25869f9000 RBP: ff2e8c258c31c000 R08: ff2e8c25da334000 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: ff2e8c25da3342c0 R11: ff2e8c25c1ce89c0 R12: ff2e8c258e0990b0 R13: ff2e8c25bb120000 R14: ff2e8c25c1ce89c0 R15: ff2e8c25869f9000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff2e8c34be300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000055f05317e4c8 CR3: 000000108bac6006 CR4: 0000000000773ef0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe07f0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <IRQ> ? die+0x33/0x90 ? do_trap+0xd9/0x100 ? eth_type_trans+0xda/0x140 ? do_error_trap+0x65/0x80 ? eth_type_trans+0xda/0x140 ? exc_invalid_op+0x4e/0x70 ? eth_type_trans+0xda/0x140 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? eth_type_trans+0xda/0x140 bnxt_tpa_end+0x10b/0x6b0 [bnxt_en] ? bnxt_tpa_start+0x195/0x320 [bnxt_en] bnxt_rx_pkt+0x902/0xd90 [bnxt_en] ? __bnxt_tx_int.constprop.0+0x89/0x300 [bnxt_en] ? kmem_cache_free+0x343/0x440 ? __bnxt_tx_int.constprop.0+0x24f/0x300 [bnxt_en] __bnxt_poll_work+0x193/0x370 [bnxt_en] bnxt_poll_p5+0x9a/0x300 [bnxt_en] ? try_to_wake_up+0x209/0x670 __napi_poll+0x29/0x1b0 Fix it by redefining the aggregation ID mask for P5_PLUS chips to be 12 bits. This will work because the maximum aggregation ID is less than 4096 on all P5_PLUS chips.
The exploitability of CVE-2024-56656 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).
With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2024-56656 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.
A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.
Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.
Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.
Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2024-56656, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.
Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2024-56656, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.
The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.
EPSS Score: 0.043% (probability of exploit)
EPSS Percentile: 12.0%
(lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 88.0% of others.
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