5.5

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 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]  <TASK>
[  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.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.1 < 6.1.111
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.52
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.10.11
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.11 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.11 Updaterc2
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LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.11 Updaterc4
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LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.11 Updaterc7
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.02% 0.046
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.