kernel: net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's mlx5 driver, in the driver removal process where the teardownhca function can fail, where the health timer may continue running, leading to a use-after-free condition when the timer attempts to access freed resources...

kernel: net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's mlx5 driver, in the driver removal process where the teardownhca function can fail, where the health timer may continue running, leading to a use-after-free condition when the timer attempts to access freed resources...

SUSE CVE-2024-40906

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal Currently, if teardownhca fails to execute during driver removal, mlx5 does not stop the health timer. Afterwards, mlx5 continue with driver teardown. This may lead to a UA...