CVE-2024-38556

2024-06-1914:15:15

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

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linux kernel

vulnerability

resolved

net/mlx5

command queue semaphore

entry

out of bounds access

index

allocation

semaphore acquisition timeout

fw completion

kernel log

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

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

net/mlx5: Add a timeout to acquire the command queue semaphore

Prevent forced completion handling on an entry that has not yet been
assigned an index, causing an out of bounds access on idx = -22.
Instead of waiting indefinitely for the sem, blocking flow now waits for
index to be allocated or a sem acquisition timeout before beginning the
timer for FW completion.

Kernel log example:
mlx5_core 0000:06:00.0: wait_func_handle_exec_timeout:1128:(pid 185911): cmd[-22]: CREATE_UCTX(0xa04) No done completion

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.17–6.1.93

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.2.0–6.6.33

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.7.0–6.8.12

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.9.0–6.9.3

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.10.0–6.10-rc1

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/cmd.c",
      "include/linux/mlx5/driver.h"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "8e715cd613a1",
        "lessThan": "4baae687a20e",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "8e715cd613a1",
        "lessThan": "f9caccdd42e9",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "8e715cd613a1",
        "lessThan": "2d0962d05c93",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "8e715cd613a1",
        "lessThan": "94024332a129",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "8e715cd613a1",
        "lessThan": "485d65e13571",
        "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/cmd.c",
      "include/linux/mlx5/driver.h"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "5.17",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.17",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.93",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.33",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.8.12",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.8.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.9.3",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.9.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.10-rc1",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]