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CVE-2024-53224: RDMA/mlx5: Move events notifier registration to be after device registration

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.32% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 09ef1c03a7ac2b57be8aeb0c7a75d538ded2562a, 542bd62b7a7f37182c9ef192c2bd25d118c144e4, 6b0acf6a94c31efa43fce4edc22413a3390f9c05.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 8.8, NVD 5.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 09ef1c03a7ac2b57be8aeb0c7a75d538ded2562a, 542bd62b7a7f37182c9ef192c2bd25d118c144e4, 6b0acf6a94c31efa43fce4edc22413a3390f9c05 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Move events notifier registration to be after device registration Move pkey change work initialization and cleanup from device resources stage to notifier stage, since this is the stage which handles this work events. Fix a race between the device deregistration and pkey change work by moving MLX5_IB_STAGE_DEVICE_NOTIFIER to be after MLX5_IB_STAGE_IB_REG in order to ensure that the notifier is deregistered before the device during cleanup. Which ensures there are no works that are being executed after the device has already unregistered which can cause the panic below. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 1 PID: 630071 Comm: kworker/1:2 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W OE --------- --- 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1.x86_64 #1 Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS 090008 02/27/2023 Workqueue: events pkey_change_handler [mlx5_ib] RIP: 0010:setup_qp+0x38/0x1f0 [mlx5_ib] Code: ee 41 54 45 31 e4 55 89 f5 53 48 89 fb 48 83 ec 20 8b 77 08 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 18 48 8b 07 48 8d 4c 24 16 <4c> 8b 38 49 8b 87 80 0b 00 00 4c 89 ff 48 8b 80 08 05 00 00 8b 40 RSP: 0018:ffffbcc54068be20 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff954054494128 RCX: ffffbcc54068be36 RDX: ffff954004934000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff954054494128 RBP: 0000000000000023 R08: ffff954001be2c20 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: ffff954001be2c20 R11: ffff9540260133c0 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000023 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff9540ffcb0905 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9540ffc80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000010625c001 CR4: 00000000003706e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: mlx5_ib_gsi_pkey_change+0x20/0x40 [mlx5_ib] process_one_work+0x1e8/0x3c0 worker_thread+0x50/0x3b0 ? rescuer_thread+0x380/0x380 kthread+0x149/0x170 ? set_kthread_struct+0x50/0x50 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 Modules linked in: rdma_ucm(OE) rdma_cm(OE) iw_cm(OE) ib_ipoib(OE) ib_cm(OE) ib_umad(OE) mlx5_ib(OE) mlx5_fwctl(OE) fwctl(OE) ib_uverbs(OE) mlx5_core(OE) mlxdevm(OE) ib_core(OE) mlx_compat(OE) psample mlxfw(OE) tls knem(OE) netconsole nfsv3 nfs_acl nfs lockd grace fscache netfs qrtr rfkill sunrpc intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common rapl hv_balloon hv_utils i2c_piix4 pcspkr joydev fuse ext4 mbcache jbd2 sr_mod sd_mod cdrom t10_pi sg ata_generic pci_hyperv pci_hyperv_intf hyperv_drm drm_shmem_helper drm_kms_helper hv_storvsc syscopyarea hv_netvsc sysfillrect sysimgblt hid_hyperv fb_sys_fops scsi_transport_fc hyperv_keyboard drm ata_piix crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel libata ghash_clmulni_intel hv_vmbus serio_raw [last unloaded: ib_core] CR2: 0000000000000000 ---[ end trace f6f8be4eae12f7bc ]---

Published
Dec 27, 2024
Updated
Oct 30, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 25th percentile

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Action score

22

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · Linux
8.8
3.3 point gap

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

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 4.6affected
    • 7722f47e71e58592a2ba4437d27c802ba1c64e08 and later · before 09ef1c03a7ac2b57be8aeb0c7a75d538ded2562aaffected · git
    • 7722f47e71e58592a2ba4437d27c802ba1c64e08 and later · before 921fcf2971a1e8d3b904ba2c2905b96f4ec3d4adaffected · git
    • 7722f47e71e58592a2ba4437d27c802ba1c64e08 and later · before 542bd62b7a7f37182c9ef192c2bd25d118c144e4affected · git
    • 7722f47e71e58592a2ba4437d27c802ba1c64e08 and later · before 6b0acf6a94c31efa43fce4edc22413a3390f9c05affected · git
    • 7722f47e71e58592a2ba4437d27c802ba1c64e08 and later · before ede132a5cf559f3ab35a4c28bac4f4a6c20334d8affected · git
    • before 4.6not affected · semver
    • 6.1.191 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
    • 6.6.64 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
    • 6.11.11 and later · up to and including 6.11.*not affected · semver

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel4.6 and later · before 6.6.64
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.11.11
  • linux linux kernel6.12 and later · before 6.12.2

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxfrom 0—
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.3-16.12.3-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-53217Dec 27, 2024 · NFSD: Prevent NULL dereference in nfsd4_process_cb_update()
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-53219Dec 27, 2024 · virtiofs: use pages instead of pointer for kernel direct IO
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-53236Dec 27, 2024 · xsk: Free skb when TX metadata options are invalid
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux09ef1c03a7ac2b57be8aeb0c7a75d538ded2562aVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux542bd62b7a7f37182c9ef192c2bd25d118c144e4Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux6b0acf6a94c31efa43fce4edc22413a3390f9c05Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux921fcf2971a1e8d3b904ba2c2905b96f4ec3d4adVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxede132a5cf559f3ab35a4c28bac4f4a6c20334d8Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.12.3-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

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