Medium severity · published Oct 21, 2024
CVE-2024-50001
net/mlx5: Fix error path in multi-packet WQE transmit
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix error path in multi-packet WQE transmit Remove the erroneous unmap in case no DMA mapping was established The multi-packet WQE transmit code attempts to obtain a DMA mapping for the skb. This could fail, e.g. under memory pressure, when the IOMMU driver just can't allocate more memory for page tables. While the code tries to handle this in the path below the err_unmap label it erroneously unmaps one entry from the sq's FIFO list of active mappings. Since the current map attempt failed this unmap is removing some random DMA mapping that might still be required. If the PCI function now presents that IOVA, the IOMMU may assumes a rogue DMA access and e.g. on s390 puts the PCI function in error state. The erroneous behavior was seen in a stress-test environment that created memory pressure.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.10 before 5.10.227; 5.11 before 5.15.168; 5.16 before 6.1.113; 6.2 before 6.6.55; 6.7 before 6.10.14; 6.11 before 6.11.3; +1 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
5af75c747e2a868abbf8611494b50ed5e076fca7 before ca36d6c1a49b6965c86dd528a73f38bc62d9c625; 5af75c747e2a868abbf8611494b50ed5e076fca7 before ce828b347cf1b3c1b12b091d02463c35ce5097f5; 5af75c747e2a868abbf8611494b50ed5e076fca7 before fc357e78176945ca7bcacf92ab794b9ccd41b4f4; 5af75c747e2a868abbf8611494b50ed5e076fca7 before 26fad69b34fcba80d5c7d9e651f628e6ac927754; 5af75c747e2a868abbf8611494b50ed5e076fca7 before ecf310aaf256acbc8182189fe0aa1021c3ddef72; 5af75c747e2a868abbf8611494b50ed5e076fca7 before 8bb8c12fb5e2b1f03d603d493c92941676f109b5; +2 more · source: vendor
RR
RUGGEDCOM RST2428P · Siemens
before V3.2 · source: CISA