Description

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

net/mlx5: Fix missing lock on sync reset reload

On sync reset reload work, when remote host updates devlink on reload
actions performed on that host, it misses taking devlink lock before
calling devlink_remote_reload_actions_performed() which results in
triggering lock assert like the following:

WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 1164 at net/devlink/core.c:261 devl_assert_locked+0x3e/0x50
…
CPU: 4 PID: 1164 Comm: kworker/u96:6 Tainted: G S W 6.10.0-rc2+ #116
Hardware name: Supermicro SYS-2028TP-DECTR/X10DRT-PT, BIOS 2.0 12/18/2015
Workqueue: mlx5_fw_reset_events mlx5_sync_reset_reload_work [mlx5_core]
RIP: 0010:devl_assert_locked+0x3e/0x50
…
Call Trace:

? __warn+0xa4/0x210
? devl_assert_locked+0x3e/0x50
? report_bug+0x160/0x280
? handle_bug+0x3f/0x80
? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x40
? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
? devl_assert_locked+0x3e/0x50
devlink_notify+0x88/0x2b0
? mlx5_attach_device+0x20c/0x230 [mlx5_core]
? __pfx_devlink_notify+0x10/0x10
? process_one_work+0x4b6/0xbb0
process_one_work+0x4b6/0xbb0
[…]

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-42268

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 8.98% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-02 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42268
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d07d1d40aabfd61bab21115639bd4f641db6002
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98884e89c90d077f6fe6ba18e6cf6f914642f04e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/091268f3c27a5b6d7858a3bb2a0dbcc9cd26ddb5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/572f9caa9e7295f8c8822e4122c7ae8f1c412ff9

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