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CVE-2024-46857
published 2024-09-27

CVE-2024-46857: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix bridge mode operations when there are no VFs Currently, trying to set the…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.21%
10.9th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix bridge mode operations when there are no VFs Currently, trying to set the bridge mode attribute when numvfs=0 leads to a crash: bridge link set dev eth2 hwmode vepa [ 168.967392] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000030 [...] [ 168.969989] RIP: 0010:mlx5_add_flow_rules+0x1f/0x300 [mlx5_core] [...] [ 168.976037] Call Trace: [ 168.976188] [ 168.978620] _mlx5_eswitch_set_vepa_locked+0x113/0x230 [mlx5_core] [ 168.979074] mlx5_eswitch_set_vepa+0x7f/0xa0 [mlx5_core] [ 168.979471] rtnl_bridge_setlink+0xe9/0x1f0 [ 168.979714] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x159/0x400 [ 168.980451] netlink_rcv_skb+0x54/0x100 [ 168.980675] netlink_unicast+0x241/0x360 [ 168.980918] netlink_sendmsg+0x1f6/0x430 [ 168.981162] ____sys_sendmsg+0x3bb/0x3f0 [ 168.982155] ___sys_sendmsg+0x88/0xd0 [ 168.985036] __sys_sendmsg+0x59/0xa0 [ 168.985477] do_syscall_64+0x79/0x150 [ 168.987273] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [ 168.987773] RIP: 0033:0x7f8f7950f917 (esw->fdb_table.legacy.vepa_fdb is null) The bridge mode is only relevant when there are multiple functions per port. Therefore, prevent setting and getting this setting when there are no VFs. Note that after this change, there are no settings to change on the PF interface using `bridge link` when there are no VFs, so the interface no longer appears in the `bridge link` output.

Affected

22 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.112-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.112-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.112-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.112-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 4b89251de024fb85329e4cbd8fbea551ae6c665c < 52c4beb79e095e0631b5cac46ed48a2aefe5198552c4beb79e095e0631b5cac46ed48a2aefe51985
linuxlinux>= 4b89251de024fb85329e4cbd8fbea551ae6c665c < 65feee671e37f3b6eda0b6af28f204b5bcf7fa5065feee671e37f3b6eda0b6af28f204b5bcf7fa50
linuxlinux>= 4b89251de024fb85329e4cbd8fbea551ae6c665c < 505ae01f75f839b54329164bbfecf24cc1361b31505ae01f75f839b54329164bbfecf24cc1361b31
linuxlinux>= 4b89251de024fb85329e4cbd8fbea551ae6c665c < b1d305abef4640af1b4f1b4774d513cd81b10cfcb1d305abef4640af1b4f1b4774d513cd81b10cfc
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.112-16.1.112-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.11-16.10.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.10.11-16.10.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-50.516.8.0-50.51
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.1 < 6.1.1116.1.111
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.526.6.52
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.10.116.10.11
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.51.1-5_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.56.1-5_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazure_linux_3.0_arm
msrcazure_linux_3.0_x64
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
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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