CVE-2024-53121 net/mlx5: fs, lock FTE when checking if active

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: fs, lock FTE when checking if active The referenced commits introduced a two-step process for deleting FTEs: - Lock the FTE, delete it from hardware, set the hardware deletion function to NULL and unlock the FTE. - Lock...

CVE-2024-53121

Summary of CVE-2024-53121 (Linux kernel) : The vulnerability affects the mlx5 netfilter offload path, where a two‑step FTE deletion (lock/delete in hardware, NULL hardware delete func, then delete software copy) can race with a simultaneous rule addition. This race may allow a rule with the same ...