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HistoryJul 29, 2024 - 3:52 p.m.

CVE-2024-42080 RDMA/restrack: Fix potential invalid address access

2024-07-2915:52:42
Linux
github.com
2
linux kernel
rdma/restrack
vulnerability
fix
invalid address access

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/restrack: Fix potential invalid address access

struct rdma_restrack_entry’s kern_name was set to KBUILD_MODNAME
in ib_create_cq(), while if the module exited but forgot del this
rdma_restrack_entry, it would cause a invalid address access in
rdma_restrack_clean() when print the owner of this rdma_restrack_entry.

These code is used to help find one forgotten PD release in one of the
ULPs. But it is not needed anymore, so delete them.

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial