CVE-2024-36281

2024-06-2111:15:10

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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linux kernel

vulnerability

net/mlx5

mlx5_ipsec_rx_status_destroy

mlx5_modify_header_dealloc

null pointer dereference

6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5: Use mlx5_ipsec_rx_status_destroy to correctly delete status rules

rx_create no longer allocates a modify_hdr instance that needs to be
cleaned up. The mlx5_modify_header_dealloc call will lead to a NULL pointer
dereference. A leak in the rules also previously occurred since there are
now two rules populated related to status.

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 109907067 P4D 109907067 PUD 116890067 PMD 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
CPU: 1 PID: 484 Comm: ip Not tainted 6.9.0-rc2-rrameshbabu+ #254
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS Arch Linux 1.16.3-1-1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:mlx5_modify_header_dealloc+0xd/0x70
<snip>
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? show_regs+0x60/0x70
? __die+0x24/0x70
? page_fault_oops+0x15f/0x430
? free_to_partial_list.constprop.0+0x79/0x150
? do_user_addr_fault+0x2c9/0x5c0
? exc_page_fault+0x63/0x110
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30
? mlx5_modify_header_dealloc+0xd/0x70
rx_create+0x374/0x590
rx_add_rule+0x3ad/0x500
? rx_add_rule+0x3ad/0x500
? mlx5_cmd_exec+0x2c/0x40
? mlx5_create_ipsec_obj+0xd6/0x200
mlx5e_accel_ipsec_fs_add_rule+0x31/0xf0
mlx5e_xfrm_add_state+0x426/0xc00
<snip>

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.7–6.6.33

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.7.0–6.9.4

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.10.0–6.10-rc2

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "20af7afcd8b8",
        "lessThan": "b0a15cde37a8",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "94af50c0a9bb",
        "lessThan": "cc9ac559f2e2",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "94af50c0a9bb",
        "lessThan": "16d66a4fa81d",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "6.7",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "6.7",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.33",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.9.4",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.9.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.10-rc2",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]