# CVE-2024-47693: IB/core: Fix ib_cache_setup_one error flow cleanup

> A missing cleanup in the Linux kernel InfiniBand driver causes a warning and potential instability when initialization fails, requiring a patch.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-50746, AZL-50997, BELL-CVE-2024-47693, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47693, GHSA-9w7j-xj5q-f5q3, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-47693, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47693

## What is CVE-2024-47693?

CVE-2024-47693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

IB/core: Fix ib_cache_setup_one error flow cleanup

When ib_cache_update return an error, we exit ib_cache_setup_one
instantly with no proper cleanup, even though before this we had
already successfully done gid_table_setup_one, that results in
the kernel WARN below.

Do proper cleanup using gid_table_cleanup_one before returning
the err in order to fix the issue.

WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 922 at drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:806 gid_table_release_one+0x181/0x1a0
Modules linked in:
CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 922 Comm: c_repro Not tainted 6.11.0-rc1+ #3
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:gid_table_release_one+0x181/0x1a0
Code: 44 8b 38 75 0c e8 2f cb 34 ff 4d 8b b5 28 05 00 00 e8 23 cb 34 ff 44 89 f9 89 da 4c 89 f6 48 c7 c7 d0 58 14 83 e8 4f de 21 ff <0f> 0b 4c 8b 75 30 e9 54 ff ff ff 48 8    3 c4 10 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002b835b0 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff811c8527
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff811c8534 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffff8881011b3d00 R08: ffff88810b3abe00 R09: 205d303839303631
R10: 666572207972746e R11: 72746e6520444947 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: ffff888106390000 R14: ffff8881011f2110 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  00007fecc3b70800(0000) GS:ffff88813bd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000020000340 CR3: 000000010435a001 CR4: 00000000003706b0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ? show_regs+0x94/0xa0
 ? __warn+0x9e/0x1c0
 ? gid_table_release_one+0x181/0x1a0
 ? report_bug+0x1f9/0x340
 ? gid_table_release_one+0x181/0x1a0
 ? handle_bug+0xa2/0x110
 ? exc_invalid_op+0x31/0xa0
 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
 ? __warn_printk+0xc7/0x180
 ? __warn_printk+0xd4/0x180
 ? gid_table_release_one+0x181/0x1a0
 ib_device_release+0x71/0xe0
 ? __pfx_ib_device_release+0x10/0x10
 device_release+0x44/0xd0
 kobject_put+0x135/0x3d0
 put_device+0x20/0x30
 rxe_net_add+0x7d/0xa0
 rxe_newlink+0xd7/0x190
 nldev_newlink+0x1b0/0x2a0
 ? __pfx_nldev_newlink+0x10/0x10
 rdma_nl_rcv_msg+0x1ad/0x2e0
 rdma_nl_rcv_skb.constprop.0+0x176/0x210
 netlink_unicast+0x2de/0x400
 netlink_sendmsg+0x306/0x660
 __sock_sendmsg+0x110/0x120
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x30e/0x390
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x9b/0xf0
 ? kstrtouint+0x6e/0xa0
 ? kstrtouint_from_user+0x7c/0xb0
 ? get_pid_task+0xb0/0xd0
 ? proc_fail_nth_write+0x5b/0x140
 ? __fget_light+0x9a/0x200
 ? preempt_count_add+0x47/0xa0
 __sys_sendmsg+0x61/0xd0
 do_syscall_64+0x50/0x110
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Weakness: CWE-459 (Incomplete Cleanup)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47693?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-47693?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-47693 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47693 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-47693 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-47693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47693 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-2024-47693/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47693/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47693
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47693
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-47693

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