CVE-2024-36281

CVE-2024-36281 affects the Linux kernel net/mlx5/IPsec rules. The vulnerability arises from rx_create and improper mlx5_modify_header_dealloc usage, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and an earlier rule-leak when two status rules are populated. The fix switches to mlx5_ipsec_rx_statu...

CVE-2024-36281: NULL Pointer Dereference

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Use mlx5ipsecrxstatusdestroy to correctly delete status rules rxcreate no longer allocates a modifyhdr instance that needs to be cleaned up. The mlx5modifyheaderdealloc call will lead to a NULL pointer dereference. A le...