Linux Kernel up to 6.1.86/6.6.27/6.8.6 mlx5e_priv_init null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.86/6.6.27/6.8.6. This vulnerability affects the function mlx5e_priv_init. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-35959. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.86/6.6.27/6.8.6. Affected by this issue is the function mlx5e_priv_init. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix mlx5e_priv_init() cleanup flow When mlx5e_priv_init() fails, the cleanup flow calls mlx5e_selq_cleanup which calls mlx5e_selq_apply() that assures that the `priv->state_lock` is held using lockdep_is_held(). Acquire the state_lock in mlx5e_selq_cleanup(). Kernel log: ============================= WARNING: suspicious RCU usage 6.8.0-rc3_net_next_841a9b5 #1 Not tainted ----------------------------- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/selq.c:124 suspicious rcu_dereference_protected() usage! other info that might help us debug this: rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1 2 locks held by systemd-modules/293: #0: ffffffffa05067b0 (devices_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ib_register_client+0x109/0x1b0 [ib_core] #1: ffff8881096c65c0 (&device->client_data_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: add_client_context+0x104/0x1c0 [ib_core] stack backtrace: CPU: 4 PID: 293 Comm: systemd-modules Not tainted 6.8.0-rc3_net_next_841a9b5 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x8a/0xa0 lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x154/0x1a0 mlx5e_selq_apply+0x94/0xa0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_selq_cleanup+0x3a/0x60 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_priv_init+0x2be/0x2f0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_rdma_setup_rn+0x7c/0x1a0 [mlx5_core] rdma_init_netdev+0x4e/0x80 [ib_core] ? mlx5_rdma_netdev_free+0x70/0x70 [mlx5_core] ipoib_intf_init+0x64/0x550 [ib_ipoib] ipoib_intf_alloc+0x4e/0xc0 [ib_ipoib] ipoib_add_one+0xb0/0x360 [ib_ipoib] add_client_context+0x112/0x1c0 [ib_core] ib_register_client+0x166/0x1b0 [ib_core] ? 0xffffffffa0573000 ipoib_init_module+0xeb/0x1a0 [ib_ipoib] do_one_initcall+0x61/0x250 do_init_module+0x8a/0x270 init_module_from_file+0x8b/0xd0 idempotent_init_module+0x17d/0x230 __x64_sys_finit_module+0x61/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x71/0x140 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0x4e

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-35959 since 05/17/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209512 (Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12796)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.87, 6.6.28 or 6.8.7 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ad26f26abd35/f9ac93b6f3de/6bd77865fda6/ecb829459a84 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 Tenable (209512). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.0
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• 6.6.27
• 6.8.0
• 6.8.1
• 6.8.2
• 6.8.3
• 6.8.4
• 6.8.5
• 6.8.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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