# CVE-2024-42142: net/mlx5: E-switch, Create ingress ACL when needed

> A missing ingress ACL in the Linux kernel mlx5 driver causes a panic when configuring active-backup LAG mode with disabled port metadata.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-42142, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42142, GHSA-m87g-gjm6-7c8j, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42142

## What is CVE-2024-42142?

CVE-2024-42142 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

net/mlx5: E-switch, Create ingress ACL when needed

Currently, ingress acl is used for three features. It is created only
when vport metadata match and prio tag are enabled. But active-backup
lag mode also uses it. It is independent of vport metadata match and
prio tag. And vport metadata match can be disabled using the
following devlink command:

 # devlink dev param set pci/0000:08:00.0 name esw_port_metadata \
	value false cmode runtime

If ingress acl is not created, will hit panic when creating drop rule
for active-backup lag mode. If always create it, there will be about
5% performance degradation.

Fix it by creating ingress acl when needed. If esw_port_metadata is
true, ingress acl exists, then create drop rule using existing
ingress acl. If esw_port_metadata is false, create ingress acl and
then create drop rule.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42142?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42142?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-42142 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42142 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42142 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42142 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42142 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42142/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42142/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42142
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42142
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42142

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