Linux Kernel up to 6.7.5 mlx5 use after free

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Linux Kernel up to 6.7.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component mlx5. The manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-26724. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.7.5. Affected is an unknown code block of the component mlx5. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: DPLL, Fix possible use after free after delayed work timer triggers I managed to hit following use after free warning recently: [ 2169.711665] ================================================================== [ 2169.714009] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __run_timers.part.0+0x179/0x4c0 [ 2169.716293] Write of size 8 at addr ffff88812b326a70 by task swapper/4/0 [ 2169.719022] CPU: 4 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/4 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc2jiri+ #2 [ 2169.720974] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 2169.722457] Call Trace: [ 2169.722756] [ 2169.723024] dump_stack_lvl+0x58/0xb0 [ 2169.723417] print_report+0xc5/0x630 [ 2169.723807] ? __virt_addr_valid+0x126/0x2b0 [ 2169.724268] kasan_report+0xbe/0xf0 [ 2169.724667] ? __run_timers.part.0+0x179/0x4c0 [ 2169.725116] ? __run_timers.part.0+0x179/0x4c0 [ 2169.725570] __run_timers.part.0+0x179/0x4c0 [ 2169.726003] ? call_timer_fn+0x320/0x320 [ 2169.726404] ? lock_downgrade+0x3a0/0x3a0 [ 2169.726820] ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0x14/0x20 [ 2169.727257] ? ktime_get+0x92/0x150 [ 2169.727630] ? lapic_next_deadline+0x35/0x60 [ 2169.728069] run_timer_softirq+0x40/0x80 [ 2169.728475] __do_softirq+0x1a1/0x509 [ 2169.728866] irq_exit_rcu+0x95/0xc0 [ 2169.729241] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6b/0x80 [ 2169.729718] [ 2169.729993] [ 2169.730259] asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 [ 2169.730755] RIP: 0010:default_idle+0x13/0x20 [ 2169.731190] Code: c0 08 00 00 00 4d 29 c8 4c 01 c7 4c 29 c2 e9 72 ff ff ff cc cc cc cc 8b 05 9a 7f 1f 02 85 c0 7e 07 0f 00 2d cf 69 43 00 fb f4 c3 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04 25 c0 93 04 00 [ 2169.732759] RSP: 0018:ffff888100dbfe10 EFLAGS: 00000242 [ 2169.733264] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff888100d9c200 RCX: ffffffff8241bd62 [ 2169.733925] RDX: ffffed109a848b15 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffffffff8127ac55 [ 2169.734566] RBP: 0000000000000004 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffed109a848b14 [ 2169.735200] R10: ffff8884d42458a3 R11: 000000000000ba7e R12: ffffffff83d7d3a0 [ 2169.735835] R13: 1ffff110201b7fc6 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888100d9c200 [ 2169.736478] ? ct_kernel_exit.constprop.0+0xa2/0xc0 [ 2169.736954] ? do_idle+0x285/0x290 [ 2169.737323] default_idle_call+0x63/0x90 [ 2169.737730] do_idle+0x285/0x290 [ 2169.738089] ? arch_cpu_idle_exit+0x30/0x30 [ 2169.738511] ? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x80 [ 2169.738917] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x12e/0x200 [ 2169.739417] cpu_startup_entry+0x30/0x40 [ 2169.739825] start_secondary+0x19a/0x1c0 [ 2169.740229] ? set_cpu_sibling_map+0xbd0/0xbd0 [ 2169.740673] secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x15d/0x16b [ 2169.741179] [ 2169.741686] Allocated by task 1098: [ 2169.742058] kasan_save_stack+0x1c/0x40 [ 2169.742456] kasan_save_track+0x10/0x30 [ 2169.742852] __kasan_kmalloc+0x83/0x90 [ 2169.743246] mlx5_dpll_probe+0xf5/0x3c0 [mlx5_dpll] [ 2169.743730] auxiliary_bus_probe+0x62/0xb0 [ 2169.744148] really_probe+0x127/0x590 [ 2169.744534] __driver_probe_device+0xd2/0x200 [ 2169.744973] device_driver_attach+0x6b/0xf0 [ 2169.745402] bind_store+0x90/0xe0 [ 2169.745761] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1df/0x2a0 [ 2169.746210] vfs_write+0x41f/0x790 [ 2169.746579] ksys_write+0xc7/0x160 [ 2169.746947] do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x140 [ 2169.747333] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0x4e [ 2169.748049] Freed by task 1220: [ 2169.748393] kasan_save_stack+0x1c/0x40 [ 2169.748789] kasan_save_track+0x10/0x30 [ 2169.749188] kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x50 [ 2169.749621] poison_slab_object+0x106/0x180 [ 2169.750044] __kasan_slab_free+0x14/0x50 [ 2169.750451] kfree+0x118/0x330 [ 2169.750792] mlx5_dpll_remove+0xf5/0x110 [mlx5_dpll] [ 2169.751271] auxiliary_bus_remove+0x2e/0x40 [ 2169.751694] device_release_driver_internal+0x24b/0x2e0 [ 2169.752191] unbind_store+0xa6/0xb0 [ 2169.752563] kernfs_fo ---truncated---

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-26724 since 02/19/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/03/2025).

Upgrading to version 6.7.6 or 6.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 1596126ea502/aa1eec2f546f is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-0773). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• IBM InfoSphere Guardium
• Oracle Linux
• NetApp FAS
• EMC Avamar
• Oracle VM
• NetApp AFF
• Dell NetWorker
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• IBM Business Automation Workflow
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Juniper Junos Space
• IBM DB2
• IBM Storage Scale System

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
• 6.7.2
• 6.7.3
• 6.7.4
• 6.7.5

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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