CVE-2024-26858

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.5.13-6.5.99 - NULL Pointer Dereference in mlx5e PTP WQ Metadata Tracking

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Use a memory barrier to enforce PTP WQ xmit submission tracking occurs after populating the metadata_map Just simply reordering the functions mlx5e_ptp_metadata_map_put and mlx5e_ptpsq_track_metadata in the mlx5e_txwqe_complete context is not good enough since both the compiler and CPU are free to reorder these two functions. If reordering does occur, the issue that was supposedly fixed by 7e3f3ba97e6c ("net/mlx5e: Track xmit submission to PTP WQ after populating metadata map") will be seen. This will lead to NULL pointer dereferences in mlx5e_ptpsq_mark_ts_cqes_undelivered in the NAPI polling context due to the tracking list being populated before the metadata map.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (13)
Linux/Linux < 6.7
Linux/Linux 4d510506b46504664eacf8a44a9e8f3e54c137b8 - d1f71615dbb305f14f3b756cce015d70d8667549
Linux/Linux 6.5.13 - 6.6
Linux/Linux 6.6.22 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.3 - 6.6.22
Linux/Linux 6.7
Linux/Linux 6.7.10 - 6.7.*
Linux/Linux 6.8
Linux/Linux 7e3f3ba97e6cc6fce5bf62df2ca06c8e59040167 - 936ef086161ab89a7f38f7a0761d6a3063c3277e
Linux/Linux 7e3f3ba97e6cc6fce5bf62df2ca06c8e59040167 - b7cf07586c40f926063d4d09f7de28ff82f62b2a
... and 3 more
Published Apr 17, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026