CVE-2024-50147

net/mlx5: Fix command bitmask initialization

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Nov 7, 2024
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Oct 21, 2024

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Description

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

net/mlx5: Fix command bitmask initialization

Command bitmask have a dedicated bit for MANAGE_PAGES command, this bit isn't Initialize during command bitmask Initialization, only during MANAGE_PAGES.

In addition, mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions() is trying to trigger completion for MANAGE_PAGES command as well.

Hence, in case health error occurred before any MANAGE_PAGES command have been invoke (for example, during mlx5_enable_hca()), mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions() will try to trigger completion for MANAGE_PAGES command, which will result in null-ptr-deref error.[1]

Fix it by Initialize command bitmask correctly.

While at it, re-write the code for better understanding.

[1] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions+0x1db/0x600 [mlx5_core] Write of size 4 at addr 0000000000000214 by task kworker/u96:2/12078 CPU: 10 PID: 12078 Comm: kworker/u96:2 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc2_for_upstream_debug_2024_04_07_19_01 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Workqueue: mlx5_health0000:08:00.0 mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_err_work [mlx5_core] Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x7e/0xc0 kasan_report+0xb9/0xf0 kasan_check_range+0xec/0x190 mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions+0x1db/0x600 [mlx5_core] mlx5_cmd_flush+0x94/0x240 [mlx5_core] enter_error_state+0x6c/0xd0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_err_work+0xf3/0x480 [mlx5_core] process_one_work+0x787/0x1490 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x400/0x400 ? pwq_dec_nr_in_flight+0xda0/0xda0 ? assign_work+0x168/0x240 worker_thread+0x586/0xd30 ? rescuer_thread+0xae0/0xae0 kthread+0x2df/0x3b0 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 </TASK>

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 9b98d395b85dd042fe83fb696b1ac02e6c93a520 to before d1606090bb294cecb7de3c4ed177f5aa0abd4c4eAffected
  • 9b98d395b85dd042fe83fb696b1ac02e6c93a520 to before d88564c79d1cedaf2655f12261eca0d2796bde4eAffected
  • 9b98d395b85dd042fe83fb696b1ac02e6c93a520 to before 2feac1e562be0efc621a6722644a90f355d53473Affected
  • 9b98d395b85dd042fe83fb696b1ac02e6c93a520 to before d62b14045c6511a7b2d4948d1a83a4e592deeb05Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.1Affected
  • before 6.1Not affected
  • 6.1.115 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.59 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.11.6 through 6.11.*Not affected
  • 6.12 and laterNot affected

References

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