CVE-2024-53138

CVE-2024-53138 is tied to the Linux kernel’s net/mlx5e: kTLS path. The connected documents describe a root cause in page reference counting: the kTLS TX path mixes get_page() and page_ref_inc(), while the release path uses only put_page(). When pages from large folios are involved, get_page() ref...

CVE-2024-53138

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: kTLS, Fix incorrect page refcounting The kTLS tx handling code is using a mix of getpage and pagerefinc APIs to increment the page reference. But on the release path mlx5ektlstxhandleresyncdumpcomp, only putpage is use...

CVE-2024-53138 net/mlx5e: kTLS, Fix incorrect page refcounting

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: kTLS, Fix incorrect page refcounting The kTLS tx handling code is using a mix of getpage and pagerefinc APIs to increment the page reference. But on the release path mlx5ektlstxhandleresyncdumpcomp, only putpage is use...