CVE-2024-42080
RDMA/restrack: Fix potential invalid address access
Using Linux by Linux?
Get instant alerts when new vulnerabilities affect Linux - before attackers find them.
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/782bdaf9d01658281bc813f3f873e6258aa1fd8d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8656ef8a9288d6c932654f8d3856dc4ab1cfc6b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ac281d42337f36cf7061cf1ea094181b84bc1a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca537a34775c103f7b14d7bbd976403f1d1525d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f45b43d17240e9ca67ebf3cc82bb046b07cc1c61
References (6)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Quick Info
Get alerted
Stop reading CVE feeds looking for your own stack
Track the products you run and VulnTracker tells you when a new CVE affects them — with what is known about fixing it, and nothing about the rest.