# CVE-2024-56660: net/mlx5: DR, prevent potential error pointer dereference

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-12-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: DR, prevent potential error pointer dereference The dr_domain_add_vport_cap() function generally returns NULL on error but sometimes we want it to return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY) so the caller can retry. The problem here is that "ret" can be either -EBUSY or -ENOMEM and if it's and -ENOMEM then the error pointer is propogated back and eventually dereferenced in dr_ste_v0_build_src_gvmi_qpn_tag().

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61f720e801443d4e2a3c0261eda4ad8431458dca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/325cf73a1b449fea3158ab99d03a7a717aad1618
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59c61a1869ceefc65ef02886f91e8cd0062211f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11776cff0b563c8b8a4fa76cab620bfb633a8cb8

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