Bug 2281165 (CVE-2024-35835)

Summary:	CVE-2024-35835 kernel: net/mlx5e: fix a double-free in arfs_create_groups
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Zack Miele <zmiele>
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, kyoshida, ldoskova, lgoncalv, lzampier, mleitner, mmilgram, mstowell, nmurray, ptalbert, rparrazo, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, scweaver, sidakwo, sukulkar, tglozar, vkumar, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 4.19.307, kernel 5.4.269, kernel 5.10.210, kernel 5.15.149, kernel 6.1.76, kernel 6.6.15, kernel 6.7.3, kernel 6.8	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A double-free vulnerability was found in the `arfs_create_groups` function in the Linux kernel's `net/mlx5e` driver. This issue could lead to memory corruption or a system crash if exploited, as freeing the same memory twice may cause undefined behavior.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2281166
Bug Blocks:	2281793

Description Zack Miele 2024-05-17 22:55:12 UTC

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

net/mlx5e: fix a double-free in arfs_create_groups

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-35835 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024051730-CVE-2024-35835-d75f@gregkh/T

Comment 1 Zack Miele 2024-05-17 22:55:50 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2281166]

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2024-07-02 08:55:48 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:4211 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4211

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2024-07-08 02:02:55 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:4352 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4352

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2024-11-12 09:27:04 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:9315 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9315

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2025-03-19 00:41:27 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2025:3021 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3021