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

net/mlx5e: Fix CT entry update leaks of modify header context

The cited commit allocates a new modify header to replace the old
one when updating CT entry. But if failed to allocate a new one, eg.
exceed the max number firmware can support, modify header will be
an error pointer that will trigger a panic when deallocating it. And
the old modify header point is copied to old attr. When the old
attr is freed, the old modify header is lost.

Fix it by restoring the old attr to attr when failed to allocate a
new modify header context. So when the CT entry is freed, the right
modify header context will be freed. And the panic of accessing
error pointer is also fixed.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-416

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:30:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix CT entry update leaks of modify header context The cited commit allocates a new modify header to replace the old one when updating CT entry. But if failed to allocate a new one, eg. exceed the max number firmware can support, modify header will be an error pointer that will trigger a panic when deallocating it. And the old modify header point is copied to old attr. When the old attr is freed, the old modify header is lost. Fix it by restoring the old attr to attr when failed to allocate a new modify header context. So when the CT entry is freed, the right modify header context will be freed. And the panic of accessing error pointer is also fixed.
Title net/mlx5e: Fix CT entry update leaks of modify header context
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T09:27:58.553Z

Reserved: 2024-08-17T09:11:59.279Z

Link: CVE-2024-43864

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-11T12:42:22.780Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-08-21T00:15:04.910

Modified: 2024-08-21T12:30:33.697

Link: CVE-2024-43864

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-08-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-43864 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:44:27Z