CVE-2024-53229 RDMA/rxe: Fix the qp flush warnings in req
A flaw in the Linux kernel RDMA driver causes warnings and potential instability when queue pairs enter an error state, requiring a patch.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-53229?
CVE-2024-53229 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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:
RDMA/rxe: Fix the qp flush warnings in req
When the qp is in error state, the status of WQEs in the queue should be set to error. Or else the following will appear.
[ 920.617269] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 21 at drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_comp.c:756 rxe_completer+0x989/0xcc0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.617744] Modules linked in: rnbd_client(O) rtrs_client(O) rtrs_core(O) rdma_ucm rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm crc32_generic rdma_rxe ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel ib_uverbs ib_core loop brd null_blk ipv6 [ 920.618516] CPU: 1 PID: 21 Comm: ksoftirqd/1 Tainted: G O 6.1.113-storage+ #65 [ 920.618986] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 [ 920.619396] RIP: 0010:rxe_completer+0x989/0xcc0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.619658] Code: 0f b6 84 24 3a 02 00 00 41 89 84 24 44 04 00 00 e9 2a f7 ff ff 39 ca bb 03 00 00 00 b8 0e 00 00 00 48 0f 45 d8 e9 15 f7 ff ff <0f> 0b e9 cb f8 ff ff 41 bf f5 ff ff ff e9 08 f8 ff ff 49 8d bc 24 [ 920.620482] RSP: 0018:ffff97b7c00bbc38 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 920.620817] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000000000c RCX: 0000000000000008 [ 920.621183] RDX: ffff960dc396ebc0 RSI: 0000000000005400 RDI: ffff960dc4e2fbac [ 920.621548] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffffffac406450 [ 920.621884] R10: ffffffffac4060c0 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff960dc4e2f800 [ 920.622254] R13: ffff960dc4e2f928 R14: ffff97b7c029c580 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 920.622609] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff960ef7d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 920.622979] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 920.623245] CR2: 00007fa056965e90 CR3: 00000001107f1000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 [ 920.623680] Call Trace: [ 920.623815] <TASK> [ 920.623933] ? __warn+0x79/0xc0 [ 920.624116] ? rxe_completer+0x989/0xcc0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.624356] ? report_bug+0xfb/0x150 [ 920.624594] ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x60 [ 920.624796] ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70 [ 920.624976] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 [ 920.625203] ? rxe_completer+0x989/0xcc0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.625474] ? rxe_completer+0x329/0xcc0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.625749] rxe_do_task+0x80/0x110 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.626037] rxe_requester+0x625/0xde0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.626310] ? rxe_cq_post+0xe2/0x180 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.626583] ? do_complete+0x18d/0x220 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.626812] ? rxe_completer+0x1a3/0xcc0 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.627050] rxe_do_task+0x80/0x110 [rdma_rxe] [ 920.627285] tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0xa4/0x120 [ 920.627522] handle_softirqs+0xc2/0x250 [ 920.627728] ? sort_range+0x20/0x20 [ 920.627942] run_ksoftirqd+0x1f/0x30 [ 920.628158] smpboot_thread_fn+0xc7/0x1b0 [ 920.628334] kthread+0xd6/0x100 [ 920.628504] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 [ 920.628709] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 [ 920.628892] </TASK>
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53229?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-53229?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-53229 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53229 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-53229, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53229, GHSA-x7pc-cmwh-865p, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53229.