CVE-2024-35960

The CVE-2024-35960 entry concerns a Linux kernel mlx5 flow rule handling bug. Affected component is net/mlx5 rules in the flow table; the root cause was that add_rule_fg could attach a newly created rule to the tree only when its refcount was 1, while create_flow_handle could reference an existin...

CVE-2024-35960 net/mlx5: Properly link new fs rules into the tree

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Properly link new fs rules into the tree Previously, addrulefg would only add newly created rules from the handle into the tree when they had a refcount of 1. On the other hand, createflowhandle tries hard to find and...