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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Aug 17, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 19, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

net/mlx5: Fix missing lock on sync reset reload

On sync reset reload work, when remote host updates devlink on reload
actions performed on that host, it misses taking devlink lock before
calling devlink_remote_reload_actions_performed() which results in
triggering lock assert like the following:

WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 1164 at net/devlink/core.c:261 devl_assert_locked+0x3e/0x50
…
CPU: 4 PID: 1164 Comm: kworker/u96:6 Tainted: G S W 6.10.0-rc2+ #116
Hardware name: Supermicro SYS-2028TP-DECTR/X10DRT-PT, BIOS 2.0 12/18/2015
Workqueue: mlx5_fw_reset_events mlx5_sync_reset_reload_work [mlx5_core]
RIP: 0010:devl_assert_locked+0x3e/0x50
…
Call Trace:

? __warn+0xa4/0x210
? devl_assert_locked+0x3e/0x50
? report_bug+0x160/0x280
? handle_bug+0x3f/0x80
? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x40
? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
? devl_assert_locked+0x3e/0x50
devlink_notify+0x88/0x2b0
? mlx5_attach_device+0x20c/0x230 [mlx5_core]
? __pfx_devlink_notify+0x10/0x10
? process_one_work+0x4b6/0xbb0
process_one_work+0x4b6/0xbb0
[…]

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 17, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 17, 2024
Last updated Aug 19, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-42268

GHSA ID

GHSA-f6fr-v692-h863

Source code

No known source code

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