CVE-2024-53229: linux kernel vulnerability

What is known

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>

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-53229, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) affecting linux kernel, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.

Recommended administrator action

Confirm whether linux kernel is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.

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