# CVE-2024-47687: vdpa/mlx5: Fix invalid mr resource destroy

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's mlx5 vdpa driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash via specific error paths.

- **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:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-47687, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47687, GHSA-pw6x-j3q8-6phw, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47687

## What is CVE-2024-47687?

CVE-2024-47687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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:

vdpa/mlx5: Fix invalid mr resource destroy

Certain error paths from mlx5_vdpa_dev_add() can end up releasing mr
resources which never got initialized in the first place.

This patch adds the missing check in mlx5_vdpa_destroy_mr_resources()
to block releasing non-initialized mr resources.

Reference trace:

  mlx5_core 0000:08:00.2: mlx5_vdpa_dev_add:3274:(pid 2700) warning: No mac address provisioned?
  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
  PGD 140216067 P4D 0
  Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
  CPU: 8 PID: 2700 Comm: vdpa Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.14.0-496.el9.x86_64 #1
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
  RIP: 0010:vhost_iotlb_del_range+0xf/0xe0 [vhost_iotlb]
  Code: [...]
  RSP: 0018:ff1c823ac23077f0 EFLAGS: 00010246
  RAX: ffffffffc1a21a60 RBX: ffffffff899567a0 RCX: 0000000000000000
  RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
  RBP: ff1bda1f7c21e800 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ff1c823ac2307670
  R10: ff1c823ac2307668 R11: ffffffff8a9e7b68 R12: 0000000000000000
  R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ff1bda1f43e341a0 R15: 00000000ffffffea
  FS:  00007f56eba7c740(0000) GS:ff1bda269f800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
  CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
  CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000104d90001 CR4: 0000000000771ef0
  DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
  DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
  PKRU: 55555554
  Call Trace:

   ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df
   ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df
   ? mlx5_vdpa_free+0x3d/0x150 [mlx5_vdpa]
   ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd
   ? page_fault_oops+0x134/0x170
   ? __irq_work_queue_local+0x2b/0xc0
   ? irq_work_queue+0x2c/0x50
   ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x150
   ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
   ? __pfx_mlx5_vdpa_free+0x10/0x10 [mlx5_vdpa]
   ? vhost_iotlb_del_range+0xf/0xe0 [vhost_iotlb]
   mlx5_vdpa_free+0x3d/0x150 [mlx5_vdpa]
   vdpa_release_dev+0x1e/0x50 [vdpa]
   device_release+0x31/0x90
   kobject_cleanup+0x37/0x130
   mlx5_vdpa_dev_add+0x2d2/0x7a0 [mlx5_vdpa]
   vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_add_set_doit+0x277/0x4c0 [vdpa]
   genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xd9/0x130
   genl_family_rcv_msg+0x14d/0x220
   ? __pfx_vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_add_set_doit+0x10/0x10 [vdpa]
   ? _copy_to_user+0x1a/0x30
   ? move_addr_to_user+0x4b/0xe0
   genl_rcv_msg+0x47/0xa0
   ? __import_iovec+0x46/0x150
   ? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
   netlink_rcv_skb+0x54/0x100
   genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
   netlink_unicast+0x245/0x370
   netlink_sendmsg+0x206/0x440
   __sys_sendto+0x1dc/0x1f0
   ? do_read_fault+0x10c/0x1d0
   ? do_pte_missing+0x10d/0x190
   __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30
   do_syscall_64+0x5c/0xf0
   ? __count_memcg_events+0x4f/0xb0
   ? mm_account_fault+0x6c/0x100
   ? handle_mm_fault+0x116/0x270
   ? do_user_addr_fault+0x1d6/0x6a0
   ? do_syscall_64+0x6b/0xf0
   ? clear_bhb_loop+0x25/0x80
   ? clear_bhb_loop+0x25/0x80
   ? clear_bhb_loop+0x25/0x80
   ? clear_bhb_loop+0x25/0x80
   ? clear_bhb_loop+0x25/0x80
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x78/0x80

Weakness: CWE-908 (Use of Uninitialized Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47687?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-47687?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-47687 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47687 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-47687 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-47687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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-2024-47687 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-2024-47687/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47687/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47687
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47687
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-47687

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