{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2024-50146", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-10-21T19:36:19.956Z", "datePublished": "2024-11-07T09:31:23.123Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T20:46:20.216Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T20:46:20.216Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Don't 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->cleanup 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\n [ 745.551290] Call Trace:\n [ 745.551590] \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" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "3ef14e463f6ed0218710f56b97e1a7d0448784d2", "lessThan": "db84cb4c8c565e6d4de84b23c2818b63991adfdd", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "3ef14e463f6ed0218710f56b97e1a7d0448784d2", "lessThan": "d6fe973c8873c998734a050f366b28facc03d32a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "3ef14e463f6ed0218710f56b97e1a7d0448784d2", "lessThan": "3955b77494c3c7d14873b1db67e7e00c46a714db", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "3ef14e463f6ed0218710f56b97e1a7d0448784d2", "lessThan": "4dbc1d1a9f39c3711ad2a40addca04d07d9ab5d0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.12", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.123", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.80", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.11.6", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.11.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.123" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.80" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.11.6" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db84cb4c8c565e6d4de84b23c2818b63991adfdd" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6fe973c8873c998734a050f366b28facc03d32a" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3955b77494c3c7d14873b1db67e7e00c46a714db" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dbc1d1a9f39c3711ad2a40addca04d07d9ab5d0" } ], "title": "net/mlx5e: Don't call cleanup on profile rollback failure", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [ { "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html" } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2025-11-03T20:43:50.410Z" } } ] } }