Linux Kernel up to 6.6.63/6.11.10/6.12.1 rxe_comp.c state issue

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.63/6.11.10/6.12.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_comp.c. Such manipulation leads to state issue. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-53229. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.63/6.11.10/6.12.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_comp.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a state issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-371. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix the qp flush warnings in req When the qp is in error state, the status of WQEs in the queue should be set to error. Or else the following will appear. [ 920.617269] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 21 at drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_comp.c:756 rxe_completer+0x989/0xcc0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.617744] Modules linked in: rnbd_client(O) rtrs_client(O) rtrs_core(O) rdma_ucm rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm crc32_generic rdma_rxe ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel ib_uverbs ib_core loop brd null_blk ipv6 [ 920.618516] CPU: 1 PID: 21 Comm: ksoftirqd/1 Tainted: G O 6.1.113-storage+ #65 [ 920.618986] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 [ 920.619396] RIP: 0010:rxe_completer+0x989/0xcc0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.619658] Code: 0f b6 84 24 3a 02 00 00 41 89 84 24 44 04 00 00 e9 2a f7 ff ff 39 ca bb 03 00 00 00 b8 0e 00 00 00 48 0f 45 d8 e9 15 f7 ff ff 0b e9 cb f8 ff ff 41 bf f5 ff ff ff e9 08 f8 ff ff 49 8d bc 24 [ 920.620482] RSP: 0018:ffff97b7c00bbc38 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 920.620817] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000000000c RCX: 0000000000000008 [ 920.621183] RDX: ffff960dc396ebc0 RSI: 0000000000005400 RDI: ffff960dc4e2fbac [ 920.621548] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffffffac406450 [ 920.621884] R10: ffffffffac4060c0 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff960dc4e2f800 [ 920.622254] R13: ffff960dc4e2f928 R14: ffff97b7c029c580 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 920.622609] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff960ef7d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 920.622979] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 920.623245] CR2: 00007fa056965e90 CR3: 00000001107f1000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 [ 920.623680] Call Trace: [ 920.623815] [ 920.623933] ? __warn+0x79/0xc0 [ 920.624116] ? rxe_completer+0x989/0xcc0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.624356] ? report_bug+0xfb/0x150 [ 920.624594] ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x60 [ 920.624796] ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70 [ 920.624976] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 [ 920.625203] ? rxe_completer+0x989/0xcc0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.625474] ? rxe_completer+0x329/0xcc0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.625749] rxe_do_task+0x80/0x110 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.626037] rxe_requester+0x625/0xde0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.626310] ? rxe_cq_post+0xe2/0x180 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.626583] ? do_complete+0x18d/0x220 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.626812] ? rxe_completer+0x1a3/0xcc0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.627050] rxe_do_task+0x80/0x110 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.627285] tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0xa4/0x120 [ 920.627522] handle_softirqs+0xc2/0x250 [ 920.627728] ? sort_range+0x20/0x20 [ 920.627942] run_ksoftirqd+0x1f/0x30 [ 920.628158] smpboot_thread_fn+0xc7/0x1b0 [ 920.628334] kthread+0xd6/0x100 [ 920.628504] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 [ 920.628709] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 [ 920.628892]

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-53229 since 11/19/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/15/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 215144 (Debian dsa-5860 : affs-modules-6.1.0-21-4kc-malta-di - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.64, 6.11.11 or 6.12.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 31978d5c5aef034d96fc53b4a9cb3c6e11dbb94d/e4f26fae6075f136616d12a369b0ef7f0cf16436/cc341b5d761a8a16693fe406b8127e4378747f85/ea4c990fa9e19ffef0648e40c566b94ba5ab31be 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 databases at Tenable (215144) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3762). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Avamar
• Red Hat OpenShift
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM DataPower Gateway
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39
• 6.6.40
• 6.6.41
• 6.6.42
• 6.6.43
• 6.6.44
• 6.6.45
• 6.6.46
• 6.6.47
• 6.6.48
• 6.6.49
• 6.6.50
• 6.6.51
• 6.6.52
• 6.6.53
• 6.6.54
• 6.6.55
• 6.6.56
• 6.6.57
• 6.6.58
• 6.6.59
• 6.6.60
• 6.6.61
• 6.6.62
• 6.6.63
• 6.11.0
• 6.11.1
• 6.11.2
• 6.11.3
• 6.11.4
• 6.11.5
• 6.11.6
• 6.11.7
• 6.11.8
• 6.11.9
• 6.11.10
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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