FKIE_CVE-2021-47438
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-22 07:15 - Updated: 2026-08-04 10:17
Severity
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: Fix memory leak in mlx5_core_destroy_cq() error path
Prior to this patch in case mlx5_core_destroy_cq() failed it returns
without completing all destroy operations and that leads to memory leak.
Instead, complete the destroy flow before return error.
Also move mlx5_debug_cq_remove() to the beginning of mlx5_core_destroy_cq()
to be symmetrical with mlx5_core_create_cq().
kmemleak complains on:
unreferenced object 0xc000000038625100 (size 64):
comm "ethtool", pid 28301, jiffies 4298062946 (age 785.380s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
60 01 48 94 00 00 00 c0 b8 05 34 c3 00 00 00 c0 `.H.......4.....
02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 db 7d c1 00 00 00 c0 ..........}.....
backtrace:
[<000000009e8643cb>] add_res_tree+0xd0/0x270 [mlx5_core]
[<00000000e7cb8e6c>] mlx5_debug_cq_add+0x5c/0xc0 [mlx5_core]
[<000000002a12918f>] mlx5_core_create_cq+0x1d0/0x2d0 [mlx5_core]
[<00000000cef0a696>] mlx5e_create_cq+0x210/0x3f0 [mlx5_core]
[<000000009c642c26>] mlx5e_open_cq+0xb4/0x130 [mlx5_core]
[<0000000058dfa578>] mlx5e_ptp_open+0x7f4/0xe10 [mlx5_core]
[<0000000081839561>] mlx5e_open_channels+0x9cc/0x13e0 [mlx5_core]
[<0000000009cf05d4>] mlx5e_switch_priv_channels+0xa4/0x230
[mlx5_core]
[<0000000042bbedd8>] mlx5e_safe_switch_params+0x14c/0x300
[mlx5_core]
[<0000000004bc9db8>] set_pflag_tx_port_ts+0x9c/0x160 [mlx5_core]
[<00000000a0553443>] mlx5e_set_priv_flags+0xd0/0x1b0 [mlx5_core]
[<00000000a8f3d84b>] ethnl_set_privflags+0x234/0x2d0
[<00000000fd27f27c>] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x108/0x1d0
[<00000000f495e2bb>] genl_family_rcv_msg+0xe4/0x1f0
[<00000000646c5c2c>] genl_rcv_msg+0x78/0x120
[<00000000d53e384e>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x74/0x1a0
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.15 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.15 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.15 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.15 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.15 |
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Fix memory leak in mlx5_core_destroy_cq() error path\n\nPrior to this patch in case mlx5_core_destroy_cq() failed it returns\nwithout completing all destroy operations and that leads to memory leak.\nInstead, complete the destroy flow before return error.\n\nAlso move mlx5_debug_cq_remove() to the beginning of mlx5_core_destroy_cq()\nto be symmetrical with mlx5_core_create_cq().\n\nkmemleak complains on:\n\nunreferenced object 0xc000000038625100 (size 64):\n comm \"ethtool\", pid 28301, jiffies 4298062946 (age 785.380s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 60 01 48 94 00 00 00 c0 b8 05 34 c3 00 00 00 c0 `.H.......4.....\n 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 db 7d c1 00 00 00 c0 ..........}.....\n backtrace:\n [\u003c000000009e8643cb\u003e] add_res_tree+0xd0/0x270 [mlx5_core]\n [\u003c00000000e7cb8e6c\u003e] mlx5_debug_cq_add+0x5c/0xc0 [mlx5_core]\n [\u003c000000002a12918f\u003e] mlx5_core_create_cq+0x1d0/0x2d0 [mlx5_core]\n [\u003c00000000cef0a696\u003e] mlx5e_create_cq+0x210/0x3f0 [mlx5_core]\n [\u003c000000009c642c26\u003e] mlx5e_open_cq+0xb4/0x130 [mlx5_core]\n [\u003c0000000058dfa578\u003e] mlx5e_ptp_open+0x7f4/0xe10 [mlx5_core]\n [\u003c0000000081839561\u003e] mlx5e_open_channels+0x9cc/0x13e0 [mlx5_core]\n [\u003c0000000009cf05d4\u003e] mlx5e_switch_priv_channels+0xa4/0x230\n[mlx5_core]\n [\u003c0000000042bbedd8\u003e] mlx5e_safe_switch_params+0x14c/0x300\n[mlx5_core]\n [\u003c0000000004bc9db8\u003e] set_pflag_tx_port_ts+0x9c/0x160 [mlx5_core]\n [\u003c00000000a0553443\u003e] mlx5e_set_priv_flags+0xd0/0x1b0 [mlx5_core]\n [\u003c00000000a8f3d84b\u003e] ethnl_set_privflags+0x234/0x2d0\n [\u003c00000000fd27f27c\u003e] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x108/0x1d0\n [\u003c00000000f495e2bb\u003e] genl_family_rcv_msg+0xe4/0x1f0\n [\u003c00000000646c5c2c\u003e] genl_rcv_msg+0x78/0x120\n [\u003c00000000d53e384e\u003e] netlink_rcv_skb+0x74/0x1a0"
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"lastModified": "2026-08-04T10:17:03.297",
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