Bug 2329930 (CVE-2024-53120)

Summary: CVE-2024-53120 kernel: net/mlx5e: CT: Fix null-ptr-deref in add rule err flow
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-12-02 14:02:10 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5e: CT: Fix null-ptr-deref in add rule err flow

In error flow of mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule(), in case ct_rule_add()
callback returns error, zone_rule->attr is used uninitiated. Fix it to
use attr which has the needed pointer value.

Kernel log:
 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000110
 RIP: 0010:mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x2b1/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]
…
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  ? __die+0x20/0x70
  ? page_fault_oops+0x150/0x3e0
  ? exc_page_fault+0x74/0x140
  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
  ? mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x2b1/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]
  ? mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x1d5/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]
  mlx5_tc_ct_block_flow_offload+0xc6a/0xf90 [mlx5_core]
  ? nf_flow_offload_tuple+0xd8/0x190 [nf_flow_table]
  nf_flow_offload_tuple+0xd8/0x190 [nf_flow_table]
  flow_offload_work_handler+0x142/0x320 [nf_flow_table]
  ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x15b/0x2b0
  process_one_work+0x16c/0x320
  worker_thread+0x28c/0x3a0
  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
  kthread+0xb8/0xf0
  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
  ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
  </TASK>
Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-12-02 14:32:21 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024120251-CVE-2024-53120-65fd@gregkh/T
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-13 08:36:22 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:6966 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966