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CVE-2024-38556

net/mlx5: Add a timeout to acquire the command queue semaphore

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.5, 5.11, 5.16, 5.17
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Add a timeout to acquire the command queue semaphore Prevent forced completion handling on an entry that has not yet been assigned an index, causing an out of bounds access on idx = -22. Instead of waiting indefinitely for the sem, blocking flow now waits for index to be allocated or a sem acquisition timeout before beginning the timer for FW completion. Kernel log example: mlx5_core 0000:06:00.0: wait_func_handle_exec_timeout:1128:(pid 185911): cmd[-22]: CREATE_UCTX(0xa04) No done completion

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 5.4.174 · fixed in 5.5; From 5.10.94 · fixed in 5.11; From 5.15.17 · fixed in 5.16; From 5.16.3 · fixed in 5.17

  • Linux Linux

    5.17

References 5

git.kernel.org