CVE-2024-38544
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix seg fault in rxe_comp_queue_pkt In rxe_comp_queue_pkt() an incoming response packet skb is enqueued to the resp_pkts queue and then a decision is made whether to run the…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.81%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix seg fault in rxe_comp_queue_pkt In rxe_comp_queue_pkt() an incoming response packet skb is enqueued to the resp_pkts queue and then a decision is made whether to run the completer task inline or schedule it. Finally the skb is dereferenced to bump a 'hw' performance counter. This is wrong because if the completer task is already running in a separate thread it may have already processed the skb and freed it which can cause a seg fault. This has been observed infrequently in testing at high scale. This patch fixes this by changing the order of enqueuing the packet until after the counter is accessed.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.81% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21b4c6d4d89030fd4657a8e7c8110fd941049794Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b23b6097303ed0ba5f4bc036a1c07b6027af5c6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30df4bef8b8e183333e9b6e9d4509d552c7da6ebPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbad88f111a1829f366c189aa48e7e58e57553fcPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c91fb72a2ca6480d8d77262eef52dc5b178463a3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de5a059e36657442b5637cc16df5163e435b9cb4Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0e14dd35d4242340c7346aac60c7ff8fbf87ffcPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faa8d0ecf6c9c7c2ace3ca3e552180ada6f75e19Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21b4c6d4d89030fd4657a8e7c8110fd941049794Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b23b6097303ed0ba5f4bc036a1c07b6027af5c6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30df4bef8b8e183333e9b6e9d4509d552c7da6ebPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbad88f111a1829f366c189aa48e7e58e57553fcPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faa8d0ecf6c9c7c2ace3ca3e552180ada6f75e19Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.