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CVE-2024-43866

net/mlx5: Always drain health in shutdown callback

Severity Score

4.4
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-08-17 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-08-20 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-21 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-11-05 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.14 < 6.1.113
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.14 < 6.6.45
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.14 < 6.10.4
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.14 < 6.11
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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4.13.16
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Affected