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CVE-2024-50136

MEDIUMCVSS 5.5/10EPSS 0.22%

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CVE-2024-50136 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Unregister notifier on eswitch init failure It otherwise remains registered and a subsequent attempt at eswitch enabling might trigger warnings of the sort: [ 682.589148] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 682.590204] notifier callback eswitch_vport_event [mlx5_core] already registered [ 682.590256] WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 2660 at kernel/notifier.c:31 notifier_chain_register+0x3e/0x90 [...snipped] [ 682.610052] Call Trace: [ 682.610369] <TASK> [ 682.610663] ? __warn+0x7c/0x110 [ 682.611050] ? notifier_chain_register+0x3e/0x90 [ 682.611556] ? report_bug+0x148/0x170 [ 682.611977] ? handle_bug+0x36/0x70 [ 682.612384] ? exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x60 [ 682.612817] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 [ 682.613284] ? notifier_chain_register+0x3e/0x90 [ 682.613789] atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x25/0x40 [ 682.614322] mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x1d4/0x3b0 [mlx5_core] [ 682.614965] mlx5_eswitch_enable+0xc9/0x100 [mlx5_core] [ 682.615551] mlx5_device_enable_sriov+0x25/0x340 [mlx5_core] [ 682.616170] mlx5_core_sriov_configure+0x50/0x170 [mlx5_core] [ 682.616789] sriov_numvfs_store+0xb0/0x1b0 [ 682.617248] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x117/0x1a0 [ 682.617734] vfs_write+0x231/0x3f0 [ 682.618138] ksys_write+0x63/0xe0 [ 682.618536] do_syscall_64+0x4c/0x100 [ 682.618958] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Unregister notifier on eswitch init failure It otherwise remains registered and a subsequent attempt at eswitch enabling might trigger warnings of the sort: [ 682.589148] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 682.590204] notifier callback eswitch_vport_event [mlx5_core] already registered [ 682.590256] WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 2660 at kernel/notifier.c:31 notifier_chain_register+0x3e/0x90 [...snipped] [ 682.610052] Call Trace: [ 682.610369] <TASK> [ 682.610663] ? __warn+0x7c/0x110 [ 682.611050] ? notifier_chain_register+0x3e/0x90 [ 682.611556] ? report_bug+0x148/0x170 [ 682.611977] ? handle_bug+0x36/0x70 [ 682.612384] ? exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x60 [ 682.612817] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 [ 682.613284] ? notifier_chain_register+0x3e/0x90 [ 682.613789] atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x25/0x40 [ 682.614322] mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x1d4/0x3b0 [mlx5_core] [ 682.614965] mlx5_eswitch_enable+0xc9/0x100 [mlx5_core] [ 682.615551] mlx5_device_enable_sriov+0x25/0x340 [mlx5_core] [ 682.616170] mlx5_core_sriov_configure+0x50/0x170 [mlx5_core] [ 682.616789] sriov_numvfs_store+0xb0/0x1b0 [ 682.617248] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x117/0x1a0 [ 682.617734] vfs_write+0x231/0x3f0 [ 682.618138] ksys_write+0x63/0xe0 [ 682.618536] do_syscall_64+0x4c/0x100 [ 682.618958] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
5.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability
0.22%

12.2th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Affected Software

VendorProductVersionsUpdate
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 6.1.60, < 6.1.115—
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 6.5.9, < 6.6—
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 6.6, <= 6.6.59—
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 6.7, < 6.11.6—
LinuxLinux Kernel6.12Rc1

References

Timeline

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Last Modified
Status
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-50136?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Unregister notifier on eswitch init failure It otherwise remains registered and a subsequent attempt at eswitch enabling might trigger warnings of the sort: [ 682.589148] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 682.590204] notifier callback eswitch_vport_event [mlx5_core] already registered [ 682.590256] WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 2660 at kernel/notifier.c:31 notifier_chain_register+0x3e/0x90 [...snipped] [ 682.610052] Call Trace: [ 682.610369] <TASK> [ 682.610663] ? __warn+0x7c/0x110 [ 682.611050] ? notifier_chain_register+0x3e/0x90 [ 682.611556] ? report_bug+0x148/0x170 [ 682.611977] ? handle_bug+0x36/0x70 [ 682.612384] ? exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x60 [ 682.612817] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 [ 682.613284] ? notifier_chain_register+0x3e/0x90 [ 682.613789] atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x25/0x40 [ 682.614322] mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x1d4/0x3b0 [mlx5_core] [ 682.614965] mlx5_eswitch_enable+0xc9/0x100 [mlx5_core] [ 682.615551] mlx5_device_enable_sriov+0x25/0x340 [mlx5_core] [ 682.616170] mlx5_core_sriov_configure+0x50/0x170 [mlx5_core] [ 682.616789] sriov_numvfs_store+0xb0/0x1b0 [ 682.617248] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x117/0x1a0 [ 682.617734] vfs_write+0x231/0x3f0 [ 682.618138] ksys_write+0x63/0xe0 [ 682.618536] do_syscall_64+0x4c/0x100 [ 682.618958] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
How severe is CVE-2024-50136?
CVE-2024-50136 has a CVSS score of 5.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.22% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2024-50136?
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Source: NVD / NIST