CVE-2024-38556

Name	CVE-2024-38556
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Add a timeout to acquire the command queue semaphore Prevent forced completion handling on an entry that has not yet been assigned an index, causing an out of bounds access on idx = -22. Instead of waiting indefinitely for the sem, blocking flow now waits for index to be allocated or a sem acquisition timeout before beginning the timer for FW completion. Kernel log example: mlx5_core 0000:06:00.0: wait_func_handle_exec_timeout:1128:(pid 185911): cmd[-22]: CREATE_UCTX(0xa04) No done completion
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	3.16.84-1	vulnerable
	stretch (security)	4.9.320-2	vulnerable
	stretch (lts), stretch	4.9.320-3	vulnerable
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	4.19.316-1	fixed
	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.226-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.106-3	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.112-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	6.11.5-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency
linux	source	jessie	(unfixed)	end-of-life
linux	source	stretch	(unfixed)	end-of-life
linux	source	buster	(not affected)
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.94-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.8.12-1

[buster] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/485d65e1357123a697c591a5aeb773994b247ad7 (6.10-rc1)