CVE-2024-42268net/mlx5: Fix missing lock on sync reset reload
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.17%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 93% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix missing lock on sync reset reload On sync reset reload work, when remote host updates devlink on reload actions performed on that host, it misses taking devlink lock before calling devlink_remote_reload_actions_performed() which results in triggering lock assert like the following: WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 1164 at net/devlink/core.c:261 devl_assert_locked+0x3e/0x50 … CPU: 4 PID: 1164 Comm: kworker/u96:6 Tainted: G S W 6.10.0-rc2+ #116 Hardware name: Supermicro SYS-2028TP-DECTR/X10DRT-PT, BIOS 2.0 12/18/2015 Workqueue: mlx5_fw_reset_events mlx5_sync_reset_reload_work [mlx5_core] RIP: 0010:devl_assert_locked+0x3e/0x50 … Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0xa4/0x210 ? devl_assert_locked+0x3e/0x50 ? report_bug+0x160/0x280 ? handle_bug+0x3f/0x80 ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x40 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 ? devl_assert_locked+0x3e/0x50 devlink_notify+0x88/0x2b0 ? mlx5_attach_device+0x20c/0x230 [mlx5_core] ? __pfx_devlink_notify+0x10/0x10 ? process_one_work+0x4b6/0xbb0 process_one_work+0x4b6/0xbb0 […]
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.17% · top 93% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 84a433a40d0ebf3bbf36b8bfa58c6f45dc782344 – < 5d07d1d40aabfd61bab21115639bd4f641db6002
- affected 84a433a40d0ebf3bbf36b8bfa58c6f45dc782344 – < 98884e89c90d077f6fe6ba18e6cf6f914642f04e
- affected 84a433a40d0ebf3bbf36b8bfa58c6f45dc782344 – < 091268f3c27a5b6d7858a3bb2a0dbcc9cd26ddb5
- affected 84a433a40d0ebf3bbf36b8bfa58c6f45dc782344 – < 572f9caa9e7295f8c8822e4122c7ae8f1c412ff9
- affected 6.0
- unaffected < 6.0
- unaffected 6.1.104 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.45 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.10.4 – ≤ 6.10.*
- unaffected 6.11 – ≤ *
References
References5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d07d1d40aabfd61bab21115639bd4f641db6002 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98884e89c90d077f6fe6ba18e6cf6f914642f04e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/091268f3c27a5b6d7858a3bb2a0dbcc9cd26ddb5 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/572f9caa9e7295f8c8822e4122c7ae8f1c412ff9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-39491 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2024-42268)Record last updated .