CVE-2024-43866

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel Race Condition in mlx5 Health Work Queue Drain

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Always drain health in shutdown callback There is no point in recovery during device shutdown. if health work started need to wait for it to avoid races and NULL pointer access. Hence, drain health WQ on shutdown callback.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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-362 CWE-476
Status published
Products (17)
linux/Kernel 4.14.0 - 6.1.113linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.45linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.10.4linux
Linux/Linux < 4.14
Linux/Linux 4.13.16 - 4.14
Linux/Linux 4.14
Linux/Linux 6.1.113 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.10.4 - 6.10.*
Linux/Linux 6.11
Linux/Linux 6.6.45 - 6.6.*
... and 7 more
Published Aug 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026