{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53120 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2024-53120 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-53120 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-53120 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53120 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53120/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53120/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-53120","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53120/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-53120","record":{"aliases":["AZL-54207","AZL-54227","BELL-CVE-2024-53120","DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53120","GHSA-fvhh-6wh3-m386","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53120"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's Mellanox mlx5 driver can cause a system crash when adding connection tracking rules fails.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-476","name":"NULL Pointer Dereference"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: CT: Fix null-ptr-deref in add rule err flow\n\nIn error flow of mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule(), in case ct_rule_add()\ncallback returns error, zone_rule-\u003eattr is used uninitiated. Fix it to\nuse attr which has the needed pointer value.\n\nKernel log:\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000110\n RIP: 0010:mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x2b1/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]\n…\n Call Trace:\n  \u003cTASK\u003e\n  ? __die+0x20/0x70\n  ? page_fault_oops+0x150/0x3e0\n  ? exc_page_fault+0x74/0x140\n  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n  ? mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x2b1/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]\n  ? mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x1d5/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]\n  mlx5_tc_ct_block_flow_offload+0xc6a/0xf90 [mlx5_core]\n  ? nf_flow_offload_tuple+0xd8/0x190 [nf_flow_table]\n  nf_flow_offload_tuple+0xd8/0x190 [nf_flow_table]\n  flow_offload_work_handler+0x142/0x320 [nf_flow_table]\n  ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x15b/0x2b0\n  process_one_work+0x16c/0x320\n  worker_thread+0x28c/0x3a0\n  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n  kthread+0xb8/0xf0\n  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n  ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50\n  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n  \u003c/TASK\u003e","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"net/mlx5e: CT: Fix null-ptr-deref in add rule err flow","id":"CVE-2024-53120","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"net/mlx5: fs, lock FTE when checking if active","id":"CVE-2024-53121"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"virtio/vsock: Fix accept_queue memory leak","id":"CVE-2024-53119"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2024-12-02","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-05","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's Mellanox mlx5 driver can cause a system crash when adding connection tracking rules fails.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53120/"}