CVE-2024-53120

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53120
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-53120.json
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https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-53120
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Published
2024-12-02T14:15:12Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
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Details

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

net/mlx5e: CT: Fix null-ptr-deref in add rule err flow

In error flow of mlx5tcctentryaddrule(), in case ctruleadd() callback returns error, zonerule->attr is used uninitiated. Fix it to use attr which has the needed pointer value.

Kernel log: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000110 RIP: 0010:mlx5tcctentryaddrule+0x2b1/0x2f0 [mlx5core] … Call Trace: <TASK> ? _die+0x20/0x70 ? pagefaultoops+0x150/0x3e0 ? excpagefault+0x74/0x140 ? asmexcpagefault+0x22/0x30 ? mlx5tcctentryaddrule+0x2b1/0x2f0 [mlx5core] ? mlx5tcctentryaddrule+0x1d5/0x2f0 [mlx5core] mlx5tcctblockflowoffload+0xc6a/0xf90 [mlx5core] ? nfflowoffloadtuple+0xd8/0x190 [nfflowtable] nfflowoffloadtuple+0xd8/0x190 [nfflowtable] flowoffloadworkhandler+0x142/0x320 [nfflowtable] ? finishtaskswitch.isra.0+0x15b/0x2b0 processonework+0x16c/0x320 workerthread+0x28c/0x3a0 ? _pfxworkerthread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0xb8/0xf0 ? _pfxkthread+0x10/0x10 retfromfork+0x2d/0x50 ? _pfxkthread+0x10/0x10 retfromforkasm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK>

References

Affected packages