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GHSA-WXQQ-8JJM-6PJM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-07 12:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5e: Don't call cleanup on profile rollback failure

When profile rollback fails in mlx5e_netdev_change_profile, the netdev profile var is left set to NULL. Avoid a crash when unloading the driver by not calling profile->cleanup in such a case.

This was encountered while testing, with the original trigger that the wq rescuer thread creation got interrupted (presumably due to Ctrl+C-ing modprobe), which gets converted to ENOMEM (-12) by mlx5e_priv_init, the profile rollback also fails for the same reason (signal still active) so the profile is left as NULL, leading to a crash later in _mlx5e_remove.

[ 732.473932] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1: E-Switch: Unload vfs: mode(OFFLOADS), nvfs(2), necvfs(0), active vports(2) [ 734.525513] workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq "mlx5e": -EINTR [ 734.557372] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6235:(pid 6086): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12 [ 734.559187] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1 eth3: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: new profile init failed, -12 [ 734.560153] workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq "mlx5e": -EINTR [ 734.589378] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6235:(pid 6086): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12 [ 734.591136] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1 eth3: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: failed to rollback to orig profile, -12 [ 745.537492] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 [ 745.538222] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 745.551290] Call Trace: [ 745.551590] [ 745.551866] ? __die+0x20/0x60 [ 745.552218] ? page_fault_oops+0x150/0x400 [ 745.555307] ? exc_page_fault+0x79/0x240 [ 745.555729] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 745.556166] ? mlx5e_remove+0x6b/0xb0 [mlx5_core] [ 745.556698] auxiliary_bus_remove+0x18/0x30 [ 745.557134] device_release_driver_internal+0x1df/0x240 [ 745.557654] bus_remove_device+0xd7/0x140 [ 745.558075] device_del+0x15b/0x3c0 [ 745.558456] mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked.part.0+0xb1/0x2f0 [mlx5_core] [ 745.559112] mlx5_unregister_device+0x34/0x50 [mlx5_core] [ 745.559686] mlx5_uninit_one+0x46/0xf0 [mlx5_core] [ 745.560203] remove_one+0x4e/0xd0 [mlx5_core] [ 745.560694] pci_device_remove+0x39/0xa0 [ 745.561112] device_release_driver_internal+0x1df/0x240 [ 745.561631] driver_detach+0x47/0x90 [ 745.562022] bus_remove_driver+0x84/0x100 [ 745.562444] pci_unregister_driver+0x3b/0x90 [ 745.562890] mlx5_cleanup+0xc/0x1b [mlx5_core] [ 745.563415] __x64_sys_delete_module+0x14d/0x2f0 [ 745.563886] ? kmem_cache_free+0x1b0/0x460 [ 745.564313] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xe2/0x190 [ 745.564825] do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x140 [ 745.565223] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 [ 745.565725] RIP: 0033:0x7f1579b1288b

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-50146"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-11-07T10:15:06Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Don\u0027t call cleanup on profile rollback failure\n\nWhen profile rollback fails in mlx5e_netdev_change_profile, the netdev\nprofile var is left set to NULL. Avoid a crash when unloading the driver\nby not calling profile-\u003ecleanup in such a case.\n\nThis was encountered while testing, with the original trigger that\nthe wq rescuer thread creation got interrupted (presumably due to\nCtrl+C-ing modprobe), which gets converted to ENOMEM (-12) by\nmlx5e_priv_init, the profile rollback also fails for the same reason\n(signal still active) so the profile is left as NULL, leading to a crash\nlater in _mlx5e_remove.\n\n [  732.473932] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1: E-Switch: Unload vfs: mode(OFFLOADS), nvfs(2), necvfs(0), active vports(2)\n [  734.525513] workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq \"mlx5e\": -EINTR\n [  734.557372] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6235:(pid 6086): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12\n [  734.559187] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1 eth3: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: new profile init failed, -12\n [  734.560153] workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq \"mlx5e\": -EINTR\n [  734.589378] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6235:(pid 6086): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12\n [  734.591136] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1 eth3: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: failed to rollback to orig profile, -12\n [  745.537492] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008\n [  745.538222] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n\u003csnipped\u003e\n [  745.551290] Call Trace:\n [  745.551590]  \u003cTASK\u003e\n [  745.551866]  ? __die+0x20/0x60\n [  745.552218]  ? page_fault_oops+0x150/0x400\n [  745.555307]  ? exc_page_fault+0x79/0x240\n [  745.555729]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n [  745.556166]  ? mlx5e_remove+0x6b/0xb0 [mlx5_core]\n [  745.556698]  auxiliary_bus_remove+0x18/0x30\n [  745.557134]  device_release_driver_internal+0x1df/0x240\n [  745.557654]  bus_remove_device+0xd7/0x140\n [  745.558075]  device_del+0x15b/0x3c0\n [  745.558456]  mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked.part.0+0xb1/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]\n [  745.559112]  mlx5_unregister_device+0x34/0x50 [mlx5_core]\n [  745.559686]  mlx5_uninit_one+0x46/0xf0 [mlx5_core]\n [  745.560203]  remove_one+0x4e/0xd0 [mlx5_core]\n [  745.560694]  pci_device_remove+0x39/0xa0\n [  745.561112]  device_release_driver_internal+0x1df/0x240\n [  745.561631]  driver_detach+0x47/0x90\n [  745.562022]  bus_remove_driver+0x84/0x100\n [  745.562444]  pci_unregister_driver+0x3b/0x90\n [  745.562890]  mlx5_cleanup+0xc/0x1b [mlx5_core]\n [  745.563415]  __x64_sys_delete_module+0x14d/0x2f0\n [  745.563886]  ? kmem_cache_free+0x1b0/0x460\n [  745.564313]  ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xe2/0x190\n [  745.564825]  do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x140\n [  745.565223]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53\n [  745.565725] RIP: 0033:0x7f1579b1288b",
  "id": "GHSA-wxqq-8jjm-6pjm",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:31:33Z",
  "published": "2024-11-07T12:30:34Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50146"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3955b77494c3c7d14873b1db67e7e00c46a714db"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dbc1d1a9f39c3711ad2a40addca04d07d9ab5d0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6fe973c8873c998734a050f366b28facc03d32a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db84cb4c8c565e6d4de84b23c2818b63991adfdd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}



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