Description

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

net/mlx5e: Fix NULL deref in mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc()

In mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() kvzalloc() may return NULL
which is dereferenced on the next line in a reference
to the modify field.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-50000

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: 10.17% (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-2024-50000
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4655456a64a0f936098c8432bac64e7176bd2aff
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b48ee5bb25c02ca2b81e0d16bf8af17ab6ed3f8b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0168ab6fbd9e50d20b97486168b604b2ab28a2ca
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bcc86cc721bea68980098f51f102aa2c2b9d932
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d80dde26d7bab1320210279483ac854dcb274b2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f25389e779500cf4a59ef9804534237841bce536

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