Bug 2273133 (CVE-2024-26724)

Summary:	CVE-2024-26724 kernel: net/mlx5: DPLL, Fix possible use after free after delayed work timer triggers
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Robb Gatica <rgatica>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, allarkin, aquini, bhu, chwhite, cye, cyin, dbohanno, debarbos, dfreiber, drow, dvlasenk, esandeen, ezulian, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jdenham, jfaracco, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, ldoskova, lgoncalv, lzampier, mleitner, mmilgram, mstowell, nmurray, ptalbert, rparrazo, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, rysulliv, scweaver, sidakwo, sukulkar, tglozar, tyberry, vkumar, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 6.7.6, kernel 6.8	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in the mlx5_dpll_remove() function in the Linux kernel, which cancels delayed work. However, if the work is still running it can schedule itself to run again, which will lead to access of freed memory. This issue could cause memory corruption or crashes.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2273134
Bug Blocks:	2273132

Description Robb Gatica 2024-04-03 23:12:06 UTC

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

net/mlx5: DPLL, Fix possible use after free after delayed work timer triggers

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-26724 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024040345-CVE-2024-26724-4e19@gregkh/T

Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-04-03 23:12:40 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2273134]

Comment 2 Alex 2024-06-09 12:57:09 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2024-26724 is: 	SKIP	No affected files built, so skip this CVE	NO			-	-	unknown (where first YES/NO value means if related sources built).