The vulnerability of the mlx5e_resume() function in the drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c kernel of the Linux operating system allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the mlx5eresume function in the drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/enmain.c file of the Linux kernel is related to the passing of pointers. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

CVE-2024-38608: NULL Pointer Dereference

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix netif state handling mlx5esuspend cleans resources only if netifdevicepresent returns true. However, mlx5eresume changes the state of netif, via mlx5enicenable, only if regstate == NETREGREGISTERED. In the below...