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medium 5.5

CVE-2024-35907 json

mlxbf_gige: call request_irq() after NAPI initialized

published 2024-05-19 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-35625

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

mlxbf_gige: call request_irq() after NAPI initialized

The mlxbf_gige driver encounters a NULL pointer exception in mlxbf_gige_open() when kdump is enabled. The sequence to reproduce the exception is as follows: a) enable kdump b) trigger kdump via "echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger" c) kdump kernel executes d) kdump kernel loads mlxbf_gige module e) the mlxbf_gige module runs its open() as the the "oob_net0" interface is brought up f) mlxbf_gige module will experience an exception during its open(), something like:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x0000000086000004 EC = 0x21: IABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000000e29a4000 [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 0000000086000004 [#1] SMP CPU: 0 PID: 812 Comm: NetworkManager Tainted: G OE 5.15.0-1035-bluefield #37-Ubuntu Hardware name: https://www.mellanox.com BlueField-3 SmartNIC Main Card/BlueField-3 SmartNIC Main Card, BIOS 4.6.0.13024 Jan 19 2024 pstate: 80400009 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : 0x0 lr : __napi_poll+0x40/0x230 sp : ffff800008003e00 x29: ffff800008003e00 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 00000000ffffffff x26: ffff000066027238 x25: ffff00007cedec00 x24: ffff800008003ec8 x23: 000000000000012c x22: ffff800008003eb7 x21: 0000000000000000 x20: 0000000000000001 x19: ffff000066027238 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: ffff578fcb450000 x16: ffffa870b083c7c0 x15: 0000aaab010441d0 x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 00726f7272655f65 x12: 6769675f6662786c x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffa870b0842398 x8 : 0000000000000004 x7 : fe5a48b9069706ea x6 : 17fdb11fc84ae0d2 x5 : d94a82549d594f35 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000400100 x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff000066027238 Call trace: 0x0 net_rx_action+0x178/0x360 __do_softirq+0x15c/0x428 __irq_exit_rcu+0xac/0xec irq_exit+0x18/0x2c handle_domain_irq+0x6c/0xa0 gic_handle_irq+0xec/0x1b0 call_on_irq_stack+0x20/0x2c do_interrupt_handler+0x5c/0x70 el1_interrupt+0x30/0x50 el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x2c el1h_64_irq+0x7c/0x80 __setup_irq+0x4c0/0x950 request_threaded_irq+0xf4/0x1bc mlxbf_gige_request_irqs+0x68/0x110 [mlxbf_gige] mlxbf_gige_open+0x5c/0x170 [mlxbf_gige] __dev_open+0x100/0x220 __dev_change_flags+0x16c/0x1f0 dev_change_flags+0x2c/0x70 do_setlink+0x220/0xa40 __rtnl_newlink+0x56c/0x8a0 rtnl_newlink+0x58/0x84 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x138/0x3c4 netlink_rcv_skb+0x64/0x130 rtnetlink_rcv+0x20/0x30 netlink_unicast+0x2ec/0x360 netlink_sendmsg+0x278/0x490 __sock_sendmsg+0x5c/0x6c ____sys_sendmsg+0x290/0x2d4 ___sys_sendmsg+0x84/0xd0 __sys_sendmsg+0x70/0xd0 __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x2c/0x40 invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x54/0x184 do_el0_svc+0x30/0xac el0_svc+0x48/0x160 el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa4/0x12c el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8 Code: bad PC value ---[ end trace 7d1c3f3bf9d81885 ]--- Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt Kernel Offset: 0x2870a7a00000 from 0xffff800008000000 PHYS_OFFSET: 0x80000000 CPU features: 0x0,000005c1,a3332a5a Memory Limit: none ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt ]---

The exception happens because there is a pending RX interrupt before the call to request_irq(RX IRQ) executes. Then, the RX IRQ handler fires immediately after this request_irq() completes. The ---truncated---

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.15.154, 6.1.85, 6.6.26, 6.8.5, 6.9
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.85-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.8.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35907

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-116.126
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-38.38
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1065.71
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1011.12
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1064.72
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1010.11
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1062.68
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1006.9

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35907

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  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.3.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:5364RHSA-2024:5365RHSA-2024:4928

  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 1-1.1
  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
  • kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • rv AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • perf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • rtla AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 9 7.3.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • libperf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:4928

  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4.cloud.1.0
  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4

rocky linux advisories RXSA-2024:4928RLSA-2024:4928

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-35907 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: mlxbf_gige: call request_irq() after NAPI initialized

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5364
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, perf 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, rtla 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4928
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) perf 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5364
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.3.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-64k 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-core 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-tools 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, python3-perf 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4928
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2) bpftool 7.0.0-284.79.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.79.1.el9_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5364
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4928
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.79.1.rt14.364.el9_2, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5365
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.28.1.el9_4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4928
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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