{"id":"CVE-2024-38608","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"net/mlx5e: Fix netif state handling","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Fix netif state handling\n\nmlx5e_suspend cleans resources only if netif_device_present() returns\ntrue. However, mlx5e_resume changes the state of netif, via\nmlx5e_nic_enable, only if reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED.\nIn the below case, the above leads to NULL-ptr Oops[1] and memory\nleaks:\n\nmlx5e_probe\n _mlx5e_resume\n  mlx5e_attach_netdev\n   mlx5e_nic_enable  <-- netdev not reg, not calling netif_device_attach()\n  register_netdev <-- failed for some reason.\nERROR_FLOW:\n _mlx5e_suspend <-- netif_device_present return false, resources aren't freed :(\n\nHence, clean resources in this case as well.\n\n[1]\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: 0010 [#1] SMP\nCPU: 2 PID: 9345 Comm: test-ovs-ct-gen Not tainted 6.5.0_for_upstream_min_debug_2023_09_05_16_01 #1\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:0x0\nCode: Unable to access opcode bytes at0xffffffffffffffd6.\nRSP: 0018:ffff888178aaf758 EFLAGS: 00010246\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n ? __die+0x20/0x60\n ? page_fault_oops+0x14c/0x3c0\n ? exc_page_fault+0x75/0x140\n ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n notifier_call_chain+0x35/0xb0\n blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x3d/0x60\n mlx5_blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x22/0x30 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_core_uplink_netdev_event_replay+0x3e/0x60 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_mdev_netdev_track+0x53/0x60 [mlx5_ib]\n mlx5_ib_roce_init+0xc3/0x340 [mlx5_ib]\n __mlx5_ib_add+0x34/0xd0 [mlx5_ib]\n mlx5r_probe+0xe1/0x210 [mlx5_ib]\n ? auxiliary_match_id+0x6a/0x90\n auxiliary_bus_probe+0x38/0x80\n ? driver_sysfs_add+0x51/0x80\n really_probe+0xc9/0x3e0\n ? driver_probe_device+0x90/0x90\n __driver_probe_device+0x80/0x160\n driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90\n __device_attach_driver+0x7d/0x100\n bus_for_each_drv+0x80/0xd0\n __device_attach+0xbc/0x1f0\n bus_probe_device+0x86/0xa0\n device_add+0x637/0x840\n __auxiliary_device_add+0x3b/0xa0\n add_adev+0xc9/0x140 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked+0x22a/0x310 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_register_device+0x53/0xa0 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_init_one_devl_locked+0x5c4/0x9c0 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_init_one+0x3b/0x60 [mlx5_core]\n probe_one+0x44c/0x730 [mlx5_core]\n local_pci_probe+0x3e/0x90\n pci_device_probe+0xbf/0x210\n ? kernfs_create_link+0x5d/0xa0\n ? sysfs_do_create_link_sd+0x60/0xc0\n really_probe+0xc9/0x3e0\n ? driver_probe_device+0x90/0x90\n __driver_probe_device+0x80/0x160\n driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90\n __device_attach_driver+0x7d/0x100\n bus_for_each_drv+0x80/0xd0\n __device_attach+0xbc/0x1f0\n pci_bus_add_device+0x54/0x80\n pci_iov_add_virtfn+0x2e6/0x320\n sriov_enable+0x208/0x420\n mlx5_core_sriov_configure+0x9e/0x200 [mlx5_core]\n sriov_numvfs_store+0xae/0x1a0\n kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x10c/0x1a0\n vfs_write+0x291/0x3c0\n ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0\n do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n CR2: 0000000000000000\n ---[ end trace 0000000000000000  ]---","publishedAt":"2024-06-19T13:56:10.614Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-30T12:18:32.498Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"2c3b5beec46ab0d77c94828eb15170b333ae769a","status":"affected","lessThan":"96e3eeccea9b55ca9c6a18a5a59ee3d6f12e0fb3","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2c3b5beec46ab0d77c94828eb15170b333ae769a","status":"affected","lessThan":"70eca80d98a44f47cd1633d0c20bda8ae546b4d1","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2c3b5beec46ab0d77c94828eb15170b333ae769a","status":"affected","lessThan":"f7e6cfb864a53af71c5cc904f1cc22215d68f5c6","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2c3b5beec46ab0d77c94828eb15170b333ae769a","status":"affected","lessThan":"3d5918477f94e4c2f064567875c475468e264644","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"4.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"4.12","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.191","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.160","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.9.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.9.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.10","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96e3eeccea9b55ca9c6a18a5a59ee3d6f12e0fb3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70eca80d98a44f47cd1633d0c20bda8ae546b4d1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7e6cfb864a53af71c5cc904f1cc22215d68f5c6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d5918477f94e4c2f064567875c475468e264644"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-30T12:34:06.950Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2024/38xxx/CVE-2024-38608.json","commit":"db8103c5921aac81d5d90efcf3745980dafabf49","baselineCommit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2024-38608","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2024-06-19T13:56:10.614Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-30T12:18:32.498Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2024-06-18T19:36:34.941Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"net/mlx5e: Fix netif state handling","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Fix netif state handling\n\nmlx5e_suspend cleans resources only if netif_device_present() returns\ntrue. However, mlx5e_resume changes the state of netif, via\nmlx5e_nic_enable, only if reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED.\nIn the below case, the above leads to NULL-ptr Oops[1] and memory\nleaks:\n\nmlx5e_probe\n _mlx5e_resume\n  mlx5e_attach_netdev\n   mlx5e_nic_enable  <-- netdev not reg, not calling netif_device_attach()\n  register_netdev <-- failed for some reason.\nERROR_FLOW:\n _mlx5e_suspend <-- netif_device_present return false, resources aren't freed :(\n\nHence, clean resources in this case as well.\n\n[1]\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: 0010 [#1] SMP\nCPU: 2 PID: 9345 Comm: test-ovs-ct-gen Not tainted 6.5.0_for_upstream_min_debug_2023_09_05_16_01 #1\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:0x0\nCode: Unable to access opcode bytes at0xffffffffffffffd6.\nRSP: 0018:ffff888178aaf758 EFLAGS: 00010246\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n ? __die+0x20/0x60\n ? page_fault_oops+0x14c/0x3c0\n ? exc_page_fault+0x75/0x140\n ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n notifier_call_chain+0x35/0xb0\n blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x3d/0x60\n mlx5_blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x22/0x30 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_core_uplink_netdev_event_replay+0x3e/0x60 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_mdev_netdev_track+0x53/0x60 [mlx5_ib]\n mlx5_ib_roce_init+0xc3/0x340 [mlx5_ib]\n __mlx5_ib_add+0x34/0xd0 [mlx5_ib]\n mlx5r_probe+0xe1/0x210 [mlx5_ib]\n ? auxiliary_match_id+0x6a/0x90\n auxiliary_bus_probe+0x38/0x80\n ? driver_sysfs_add+0x51/0x80\n really_probe+0xc9/0x3e0\n ? driver_probe_device+0x90/0x90\n __driver_probe_device+0x80/0x160\n driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90\n __device_attach_driver+0x7d/0x100\n bus_for_each_drv+0x80/0xd0\n __device_attach+0xbc/0x1f0\n bus_probe_device+0x86/0xa0\n device_add+0x637/0x840\n __auxiliary_device_add+0x3b/0xa0\n add_adev+0xc9/0x140 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked+0x22a/0x310 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_register_device+0x53/0xa0 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_init_one_devl_locked+0x5c4/0x9c0 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_init_one+0x3b/0x60 [mlx5_core]\n probe_one+0x44c/0x730 [mlx5_core]\n local_pci_probe+0x3e/0x90\n pci_device_probe+0xbf/0x210\n ? kernfs_create_link+0x5d/0xa0\n ? sysfs_do_create_link_sd+0x60/0xc0\n really_probe+0xc9/0x3e0\n ? driver_probe_device+0x90/0x90\n __driver_probe_device+0x80/0x160\n driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90\n __device_attach_driver+0x7d/0x100\n bus_for_each_drv+0x80/0xd0\n __device_attach+0xbc/0x1f0\n pci_bus_add_device+0x54/0x80\n pci_iov_add_virtfn+0x2e6/0x320\n sriov_enable+0x208/0x420\n mlx5_core_sriov_configure+0x9e/0x200 [mlx5_core]\n sriov_numvfs_store+0xae/0x1a0\n kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x10c/0x1a0\n vfs_write+0x291/0x3c0\n ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0\n do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n CR2: 0000000000000000\n ---[ end trace 0000000000000000  ]---"}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"2c3b5beec46ab0d77c94828eb15170b333ae769a","status":"affected","lessThan":"96e3eeccea9b55ca9c6a18a5a59ee3d6f12e0fb3","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2c3b5beec46ab0d77c94828eb15170b333ae769a","status":"affected","lessThan":"70eca80d98a44f47cd1633d0c20bda8ae546b4d1","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2c3b5beec46ab0d77c94828eb15170b333ae769a","status":"affected","lessThan":"f7e6cfb864a53af71c5cc904f1cc22215d68f5c6","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2c3b5beec46ab0d77c94828eb15170b333ae769a","status":"affected","lessThan":"3d5918477f94e4c2f064567875c475468e264644","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"4.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"4.12","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.191","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.160","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.9.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.9.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.10","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96e3eeccea9b55ca9c6a18a5a59ee3d6f12e0fb3"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70eca80d98a44f47cd1633d0c20bda8ae546b4d1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7e6cfb864a53af71c5cc904f1cc22215d68f5c6"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d5918477f94e4c2f064567875c475468e264644"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-10-30T12:18:32.498Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.191"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.160"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.9.3"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.10"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2024-06-20T19:44:05.361644Z","id":"CVE-2024-38608","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2024-06-20T19:44:14.283Z"}},{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7e6cfb864a53af71c5cc904f1cc22215d68f5c6","tags":["x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d5918477f94e4c2f064567875c475468e264644","tags":["x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-02T04:12:25.957Z"}}]}}}