Description

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

net/mlx5: Fix command bitmask initialization

Command bitmask have a dedicated bit for MANAGE_PAGES command, this bit
isn't Initialize during command bitmask Initialization, only during
MANAGE_PAGES.

In addition, mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions() is trying to trigger
completion for MANAGE_PAGES command as well.

Hence, in case health error occurred before any MANAGE_PAGES command
have been invoke (for example, during mlx5_enable_hca()),
mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions() will try to trigger completion for
MANAGE_PAGES command, which will result in null-ptr-deref error.[1]

Fix it by Initialize command bitmask correctly.

While at it, re-write the code for better understanding.

[1]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions+0x1db/0x600 [mlx5_core]
Write of size 4 at addr 0000000000000214 by task kworker/u96:2/12078
CPU: 10 PID: 12078 Comm: kworker/u96:2 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc2_for_upstream_debug_2024_04_07_19_01 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Workqueue: mlx5_health0000:08:00.0 mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_err_work [mlx5_core]
Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0x7e/0xc0
kasan_report+0xb9/0xf0
kasan_check_range+0xec/0x190
mlx5_cmd_trigger_completions+0x1db/0x600 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_cmd_flush+0x94/0x240 [mlx5_core]
enter_error_state+0x6c/0xd0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_err_work+0xf3/0x480 [mlx5_core]
process_one_wo...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-50147

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: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.3% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

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

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50147
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1606090bb294cecb7de3c4ed177f5aa0abd4c4e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d88564c79d1cedaf2655f12261eca0d2796bde4e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2feac1e562be0efc621a6722644a90f355d53473
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d62b14045c6511a7b2d4948d1a83a4e592deeb05

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