CVE-2024-26724

net/mlx5: DPLL, Fix possible use after free after delayed work timer triggers

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 3, 2024 at 02:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: DPLL, Fix possible use after free after delayed work timer triggers I managed to hit following use after free warning recently: [ 2169.711665] ================================================================== [ 2169.714009] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __run_timers.part.0+0x179/0x4c0 [ 2169.716293] Write of size 8 at addr ffff88812b326a70 by task swapper/4/0 [ 2169.719022] CPU: 4 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/4 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc2jiri+ #2 [ 2169.720974] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 2169.722457] Call Trace: [ 2169.722756] <IRQ> [ 2169.723024] dump_stack_lvl+0x58/0xb0 [ 2169.723417] print_report+0xc5/0x630 [ 2169.723807] ? __virt_addr_valid+0x126/0x2b0 [ 2169.724268] kasan_report+0xbe/0xf0 [ 2169.724667] ? __run_timers.part.0+0x179/0x4c0 [ 2169.725116] ? __run_timers.part.0+0x179/0x4c0 [ 2169.725570] __run_timers.part.0+0x179/0x4c0 [ 2169.726003] ? call_timer_fn+0x320/0x320 [ 2169.726404] ? lock_downgrade+0x3a0/0x3a0 [ 2169.726820] ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0x14/0x20 [ 2169.727257] ? ktime_get+0x92/0x150 [ 2169.727630] ? lapic_next_deadline+0x35/0x60 [ 2169.728069] run_timer_softirq+0x40/0x80 [ 2169.728475] __do_softirq+0x1a1/0x509 [ 2169.728866] irq_exit_rcu+0x95/0xc0 [ 2169.729241] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6b/0x80 [ 2169.729718] </IRQ> [ 2169.729993] <TASK> [ 2169.730259] asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 [ 2169.730755] RIP: 0010:default_idle+0x13/0x20 [ 2169.731190] Code: c0 08 00 00 00 4d 29 c8 4c 01 c7 4c 29 c2 e9 72 ff ff ff cc cc cc cc 8b 05 9a 7f 1f 02 85 c0 7e 07 0f 00 2d cf 69 43 00 fb f4 <fa> c3 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04 25 c0 93 04 00 [ 2169.732759] RSP: 0018:ffff888100dbfe10 EFLAGS: 00000242 [ 2169.733264] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff888100d9c200 RCX: ffffffff8241bd62 [ 2169.733925] RDX: ffffed109a848b15 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffffffff8127ac55 [ 2169.734566] RBP: 0000000000000004 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffed109a848b14 [ 2169.735200] R10: ffff8884d42458a3 R11: 000000000000ba7e R12: ffffffff83d7d3a0 [ 2169.735835] R13: 1ffff110201b7fc6 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888100d9c200 [ 2169.736478] ? ct_kernel_exit.constprop.0+0xa2/0xc0 [ 2169.736954] ? do_idle+0x285/0x290 [ 2169.737323] default_idle_call+0x63/0x90 [ 2169.737730] do_idle+0x285/0x290 [ 2169.738089] ? arch_cpu_idle_exit+0x30/0x30 [ 2169.738511] ? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x80 [ 2169.738917] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x12e/0x200 [ 2169.739417] cpu_startup_entry+0x30/0x40 [ 2169.739825] start_secondary+0x19a/0x1c0 [ 2169.740229] ? set_cpu_sibling_map+0xbd0/0xbd0 [ 2169.740673] secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x15d/0x16b [ 2169.741179] </TASK> [ 2169.741686] Allocated by task 1098: [ 2169.742058] kasan_save_stack+0x1c/0x40 [ 2169.742456] kasan_save_track+0x10/0x30 [ 2169.742852] __kasan_kmalloc+0x83/0x90 [ 2169.743246] mlx5_dpll_probe+0xf5/0x3c0 [mlx5_dpll] [ 2169.743730] auxiliary_bus_probe+0x62/0xb0 [ 2169.744148] really_probe+0x127/0x590 [ 2169.744534] __driver_probe_device+0xd2/0x200 [ 2169.744973] device_driver_attach+0x6b/0xf0 [ 2169.745402] bind_store+0x90/0xe0 [ 2169.745761] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1df/0x2a0 [ 2169.746210] vfs_write+0x41f/0x790 [ 2169.746579] ksys_write+0xc7/0x160 [ 2169.746947] do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x140 [ 2169.747333] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0x4e [ 2169.748049] Freed by task 1220: [ 2169.748393] kasan_save_stack+0x1c/0x40 [ 2169.748789] kasan_save_track+0x10/0x30 [ 2169.749188] kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x50 [ 2169.749621] poison_slab_object+0x106/0x180 [ 2169.750044] __kasan_slab_free+0x14/0x50 [ 2169.750451] kfree+0x118/0x330 [ 2169.750792] mlx5_dpll_remove+0xf5/0x110 [mlx5_dpll] [ 2169.751271] auxiliary_bus_remove+0x2e/0x40 [ 2169.751694] device_release_driver_internal+0x24b/0x2e0 [ 2169.752191] unbind_store+0xa6/0xb0 [ 2169.752563] kernfs_fo ---truncated---

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.7 ≤ v < 6.7.66.7 ≤ v < 6.8496fd0a26bbf73b6b12407ee4fbe5ff49d659a6d6.8 rc16.8 rc26.8 rc36.8 rc4
Vendor states this is fixed in 1596126ea50228f0ed96697bae4e9368fda02c56 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in aa1eec2f546f2afa8c98ec41e5d8ee488165d685 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1596126ea50228f0ed96697bae4e9368fda02c56
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa1eec2f546f2afa8c98ec41e5d8ee488165d685

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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