CVE-2024-43866 net/mlx5: Always drain health in shutdown callback

2024-08-2023:50:49

Linux

www.cve.org

linux kernel

vulnerability

net/mlx5

shutdown callback

EPSS

Percentile

16.4%

JSON

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

net/mlx5: Always drain health in shutdown callback

There is no point in recovery during device shutdown. if health
work started need to wait for it to avoid races and NULL pointer
access.

Hence, drain health WQ on shutdown callback.

CNA Affected

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    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c",
      "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/dev/driver.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "d2aa060d40fa",
        "lessThan": "6b6c2ebd83f2",
        "status": "affected",
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      },
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      },
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        "version": "d2aa060d40fa",
        "lessThan": "1b75da22ed1e",
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        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
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    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c",
      "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/dev/driver.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "4.14",
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      },
      {
        "version": "0",
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        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.45",
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        "status": "unaffected",
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      },
      {
        "version": "6.10.4",
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        "status": "unaffected",
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      },
      {
        "version": "6.11",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
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        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]