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CVE-2024-38557
published 2024-06-19

CVE-2024-38557: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Reload only IB representors upon lag disable/enable On lag disable, the bond IB…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.18%
8.0th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Reload only IB representors upon lag disable/enable On lag disable, the bond IB device along with all of its representors are destroyed, and then the slaves' representors get reloaded. In case the slave IB representor load fails, the eswitch error flow unloads all representors, including ethernet representors, where the netdevs get detached and removed from lag bond. Such flow is inaccurate as the lag driver is not responsible for loading/unloading ethernet representors. Furthermore, the flow described above begins by holding lag lock to prevent bond changes during disable flow. However, when reaching the ethernet representors detachment from lag, the lag lock is required again, triggering the following deadlock: Call trace: __switch_to+0xf4/0x148 __schedule+0x2c8/0x7d0 schedule+0x50/0xe0 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x28 __mutex_lock.isra.13+0x2b8/0x570 __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1c/0x28 mutex_lock+0x4c/0x68 mlx5_lag_remove_netdev+0x3c/0x1a0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_uplink_rep_disable+0x70/0xa0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_detach_netdev+0x6c/0xb0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_netdev_change_profile+0x44/0x138 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_netdev_attach_nic_profile+0x28/0x38 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_vport_rep_unload+0x184/0x1b8 [mlx5_core] mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_load+0xd8/0xe0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_eswitch_reload_reps+0x74/0xd0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_disable_lag+0x130/0x138 [mlx5_core] mlx5_lag_disable_change+0x6c/0x70 [mlx5_core] // hold ldev->lock mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0xc0/0x410 [mlx5_core] devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_set_doit+0xdc/0x180 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.17+0xe8/0x138 genl_rcv_msg+0xe4/0x220 netlink_rcv_skb+0x44/0x108 genl_rcv+0x40/0x58 netlink_unicast+0x198/0x268 netlink_sendmsg+0x1d4/0x418 sock_sendmsg+0x54/0x60 __sys_sendto+0xf4/0x120 __arm64_sys_sendto+0x30/0x40 el0_svc_common+0x8c/0x120 do_el0_svc+0x30/0xa0 el0_svc+0x20/0x30 el0_sync_handler+0x90/0xb8 el0_sync+0x160/0x180 Thus, upon lag enable/disable, load and unload only

Affected

15 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.8.12-1 (forky)linux 6.8.12-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 598fe77df855feeeca9dfda2ffe622ac7724e5c3 < e93fc8d959e56092e2eca1e5511c2d2f0ad6807ae93fc8d959e56092e2eca1e5511c2d2f0ad6807a
linuxlinux>= 598fe77df855feeeca9dfda2ffe622ac7724e5c3 < f03c714a0fdd1f93101a929d0e727c28a66383fcf03c714a0fdd1f93101a929d0e727c28a66383fc
linuxlinux>= 598fe77df855feeeca9dfda2ffe622ac7724e5c3 < 0f320f28f54b1b269a755be2e3fb3695e0b80b070f320f28f54b1b269a755be2e3fb3695e0b80b07
linuxlinux>= 598fe77df855feeeca9dfda2ffe622ac7724e5c3 < 0f06228d4a2dcc1fca5b3ddb0eefa09c05b102c40f06228d4a2dcc1fca5b3ddb0eefa09c05b102c4
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.12-16.8.12-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.12-16.8.12-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-40.406.8.0-40.40
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.15 < 6.6.336.6.33
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.8.126.8.12
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.9 < 6.9.36.9.3
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.186.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.200.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.202.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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