5.5

CVE-2025-38628

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

vdpa/mlx5: Fix release of uninitialized resources on error path

The commit in the fixes tag made sure that mlx5_vdpa_free()
is the single entrypoint for removing the vdpa device resources
added in mlx5_vdpa_dev_add(), even in the cleanup path of
mlx5_vdpa_dev_add().

This means that all functions from mlx5_vdpa_free() should be able to
handle uninitialized resources. This was not the case though:
mlx5_vdpa_destroy_mr_resources() and mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx()
were not able to do so. This caused the splat below when adding
a vdpa device without a MAC address.

This patch fixes these remaining issues:

- Makes mlx5_vdpa_destroy_mr_resources() return early if called on
  uninitialized resources.

- Moves mlx5_cmd_init_async_ctx() early on during device addition
  because it can't fail. This means that mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx()
  also can't fail. To mirror this, move the call site of
  mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx() in mlx5_vdpa_free().

An additional comment was added in mlx5_vdpa_free() to document
the expectations of functions called from this context.

Splat:

  mlx5_core 0000:b5:03.2: mlx5_vdpa_dev_add:3950:(pid 2306) warning: No mac address provisioned?
  ------------[ cut here ]------------
  WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 2306 at kernel/workqueue.c:4207 __flush_work+0x9a/0xb0
  [...]
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   ? __try_to_del_timer_sync+0x61/0x90
   ? __timer_delete_sync+0x2b/0x40
   mlx5_vdpa_destroy_mr_resources+0x1c/0x40 [mlx5_vdpa]
   mlx5_vdpa_free+0x45/0x160 [mlx5_vdpa]
   vdpa_release_dev+0x1e/0x50 [vdpa]
   device_release+0x31/0x90
   kobject_cleanup+0x37/0x130
   mlx5_vdpa_dev_add+0x327/0x890 [mlx5_vdpa]
   vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_add_set_doit+0x2c1/0x4d0 [vdpa]
   genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xd8/0x130
   genl_family_rcv_msg+0x14b/0x220
   ? __pfx_vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_add_set_doit+0x10/0x10 [vdpa]
   genl_rcv_msg+0x47/0xa0
   ? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
   netlink_rcv_skb+0x53/0x100
   genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
   netlink_unicast+0x27b/0x3b0
   netlink_sendmsg+0x1f7/0x430
   __sys_sendto+0x1fa/0x210
   ? ___pte_offset_map+0x17/0x160
   ? next_uptodate_folio+0x85/0x2b0
   ? percpu_counter_add_batch+0x51/0x90
   ? filemap_map_pages+0x515/0x660
   __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30
   do_syscall_64+0x7b/0x2c0
   ? do_read_fault+0x108/0x220
   ? do_pte_missing+0x14a/0x3e0
   ? __handle_mm_fault+0x321/0x730
   ? count_memcg_events+0x13f/0x180
   ? handle_mm_fault+0x1fb/0x2d0
   ? do_user_addr_fault+0x20c/0x700
   ? syscall_exit_work+0x104/0x140
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
  RIP: 0033:0x7f0c25b0feca
  [...]
  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.12.1 < 6.12.42
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.15.10
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.16 < 6.16.1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.12 Update-
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.02% 0.032
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-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.