CVE-2024-45013 (GCVE-0-2024-45013)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-11 15:13 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:37
VLAI
Title
nvme: move stopping keep-alive into nvme_uninit_ctrl()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: move stopping keep-alive into nvme_uninit_ctrl() Commit 4733b65d82bd ("nvme: start keep-alive after admin queue setup") moves starting keep-alive from nvme_start_ctrl() into nvme_init_ctrl_finish(), but don't move stopping keep-alive into nvme_uninit_ctrl(), so keep-alive work can be started and keep pending after failing to start controller, finally use-after-free is triggered if nvme host driver is unloaded. This patch fixes kernel panic when running nvme/004 in case that connection failure is triggered, by moving stopping keep-alive into nvme_uninit_ctrl(). This way is reasonable because keep-alive is now started in nvme_init_ctrl_finish().
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
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Linux Linux Affected: 3af755a46881c32fecaecfdeaf3a8f0a869deca5 , < 4101af98ab573554c4225e328d506fec2a74bc54 (git)
Affected: 3af755a46881c32fecaecfdeaf3a8f0a869deca5 , < a54a93d0e3599b05856971734e15418ac551a14c (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.10.7 , ≤ 6.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.11 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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