Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2024-50136

Disclosure Date: November 05, 2024 •
CVE-2024-50136 CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5: Unregister notifier on eswitch init failure

It otherwise remains registered and a subsequent attempt at eswitch
enabling might trigger warnings of the sort:

[ 682.589148] ——————[ cut here ]——————
[ 682.590204] notifier callback eswitch_vport_event [mlx5_core] already registered
[ 682.590256] WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 2660 at kernel/notifier.c:31 notifier_chain_register+0x3e/0x90
[…snipped]
[ 682.610052] Call Trace:
[ 682.610369] <TASK>
[ 682.610663] ? __warn+0x7c/0x110
[ 682.611050] ? notifier_chain_register+0x3e/0x90
[ 682.611556] ? report_bug+0x148/0x170
[ 682.611977] ? handle_bug+0x36/0x70
[ 682.612384] ? exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x60
[ 682.612817] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
[ 682.613284] ? notifier_chain_register+0x3e/0x90
[ 682.613789] atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x25/0x40
[ 682.614322] mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x1d4/0x3b0 [mlx5_core]
[ 682.614965] mlx5_eswitch_enable+0xc9/0x100 [mlx5_core]
[ 682.615551] mlx5_device_enable_sriov+0x25/0x340 [mlx5_core]
[ 682.616170] mlx5_core_sriov_configure+0x50/0x170 [mlx5_core]
[ 682.616789] sriov_numvfs_store+0xb0/0x1b0
[ 682.617248] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x117/0x1a0
[ 682.617734] vfs_write+0x231/0x3f0
[ 682.618138] ksys_write+0x63/0xe0
[ 682.618536] do_syscall_64+0x4c/0x100
[ 682.618958] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
Linux e58fb7ddbab6
Linux 9f2ccb6f3888
Linux not down converted
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • linux

Products

  • linux kernel,
  • linux kernel 6.12
Technical Analysis