CVE-2024-43866

MEDIUM EPSS 6.0%
Published Aug 21, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
4.7 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Aug 21, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Always drain health in shutdown callback There is no point in recovery during device shutdown. if health work started need to wait for it to avoid races and NULL pointer access. Hence, drain health WQ on shutdown callback.

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.7
Exploitability
1.0
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
6.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-362
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 4

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.13.16  –  <6.1.113
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.45
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.10.4
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any

References 5

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b75da22ed1e6171e261bc9265370162553d5393
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5005e2e159b300c1b8c6820a1e13a62eb0127b9b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6048dec754554a1303d632be6042d3feb3295285
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b6c2ebd83f2bf97e8f221479372aaca97a4a9b2
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b75da22ed1e6171e261bc9265370162553d5393
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5005e2e159b300c1b8c6820a1e13a62eb0127b9b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6048dec754554a1303d632be6042d3feb3295285
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b6c2ebd83f2bf97e8f221479372aaca97a4a9b2
    Patch