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CVE-2024-45017

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-09-11
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.10.7 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix IPsec RoCE MPV trace call Prevent the call trace below from happening, by not allowing IPsec creation over a slave, if master device doesn't support IPsec. WARNING: CPU: 44 PID: 16136 at kernel/locking/rwsem.c:240 down_read+0x75/0x94 Modules linked in: esp4_offload esp4 act_mirred act_vlan cls_flower sch_ingress mlx5_vdpa vringh vhost_iotlb vdpa mst_pciconf(OE) nfsv3 nfs_acl nfs lockd grace fscache netfs xt_CHECKSUM xt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 nft_compat nft_counter nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 rfkill cuse fuse rpcrdma sunrpc rdma_ucm ib_srpt ib_isert iscsi_target_mod target_core_mod ib_umad ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm ib_ipoib iw_cm ib_cm ipmi_ssif intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common amd64_edac edac_mce_amd kvm_amd kvm irqbypass crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul mlx5_ib ghash_clmulni_intel sha1_ssse3 dell_smbios ib_uverbs aesni_intel crypto_simd dcdbas wmi_bmof dell_wmi_descriptor cryptd pcspkr ib_core acpi_ipmi sp5100_tco ccp i2c_piix4 ipmi_si ptdma k10temp ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler acpi_power_meter acpi_cpufreq ext4 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod t10_pi sg mgag200 drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect mlx5_core sysimgblt fb_sys_fops cec ahci libahci mlxfw drm pci_hyperv_intf libata tg3 sha256_ssse3 tls megaraid_sas i2c_algo_bit psample wmi dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: mst_pci] CPU: 44 PID: 16136 Comm: kworker/44:3 Kdump: loaded Tainted: GOE 5.15.0-20240509.el8uek.uek7_u3_update_v6.6_ipsec_bf.x86_64 #2 Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R7525/074H08, BIOS 2.0.3 01/15/2021 Workqueue: events xfrm_state_gc_task RIP: 0010:down_read+0x75/0x94 Code: 00 48 8b 45 08 65 48 8b 14 25 80 fc 01 00 83 e0 02 48 09 d0 48 83 c8 01 48 89 45 08 5d 31 c0 89 c2 89 c6 89 c7 e9 cb 88 3b 00 <0f> 0b 48 8b 45 08 a8 01 74 b2 a8 02 75 ae 48 89 c2 48 83 ca 02 f0 RSP: 0018:ffffb26387773da8 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffa08b658af900 RCX: 0000000000000001 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ff886bc5e1366f2f RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffa08b658af940 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffa0a9bfb31540 R13: ffffa0a9bfb37900 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffa0a9bfb37905 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffa0a9bfb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000055a45ed814e8 CR3: 000000109038a000 CR4: 0000000000350ee0 Call Trace: <TASK> ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1d6/0x2f9 ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1d6/0x2f9 ? mlx5_devcom_for_each_peer_begin+0x29/0x60 [mlx5_core] ? down_read+0x75/0x94 ? __warn+0x80/0x113 ? down_read+0x75/0x94 ? report_bug+0xa4/0x11d ? handle_bug+0x35/0x8b ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x75 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x1b ? down_read+0x75/0x94 ? down_read+0xe/0x94 mlx5_devcom_for_each_peer_begin+0x29/0x60 [mlx5_core] mlx5_ipsec_fs_roce_tx_destroy+0xb1/0x130 [mlx5_core] tx_destroy+0x1b/0xc0 [mlx5_core] tx_ft_put+0x53/0xc0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_xfrm_free_state+0x45/0x90 [mlx5_core] ___xfrm_state_destroy+0x10f/0x1a2 xfrm_state_gc_task+0x81/0xa9 process_one_work+0x1f1/0x3c6 worker_thread+0x53/0x3e4 ? process_one_work.cold+0x46/0x3c kthread+0x127/0x144 ? set_kthread_struct+0x60/0x52 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x2d </TASK> ---[ end trace 5ef7896144d398e1 ]---

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 6.7, < 6.10.7= 6.11

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 6.10.7 or later
Fixed in 6.10.7
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux kernel 6.10.7 or later, or 6.12+

  1. 1. Identify the current kernel version using `uname -r` or `cat /proc/version`
  2. 2. Check if the system is running a kernel version affected by this CVE (versions < 6.10.7 or = 6.11)
  3. 3. Upgrade the Linux kernel to version 6.10.7 or later, or to version 6.12 or later
  4. 4. After kernel upgrade, reboot the system to load the new kernel
  5. 5. Verify the fix is applied by checking the kernel version and confirming IPsec operations over slave devices work correctly without warnings
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require matching driver versions (particularly mlx5_core) and could introduce changes to kernel API/ABI that affect custom modules

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