Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-35959). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.1.87, 6.6.28, 6.8.7 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5e: Fix mlx5e_priv_init() cleanup flow

When mlx5e_priv_init() fails, the cleanup flow calls mlx5e_selq_cleanup which
calls mlx5e_selq_apply() that assures that the priv->state_lock is held using
lockdep_is_held().

Acquire the state_lock in mlx5e_selq_cleanup().

Kernel log:

WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
6.8.0-rc3_net_next_841a9b5 #1 Not tainted

drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/selq.c:124 suspicious rcu_dereference_protected() usage!

other info that might help us debug this:

rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
2 locks held by systemd-modules/293:
#0: ffffffffa05067b0 (devices_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ib_register_client+0x109/0x1b0 [ib_core]
#1: ffff8881096c65c0 (&device->client_data_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: add_client_context+0x104/0x1c0 [ib_core]

stack backtrace:
CPU: 4 PID: 293 Comm: systemd-modules Not tainted 6.8.0-rc3_net_next_841a9b5 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0x8a/0xa0
lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x154/0x1a0
mlx5e_selq_apply+0x94/0xa0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_selq_cleanup+0x3a/0x60 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_priv_init+0x2be/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_rdma_setup_rn+0x7c/0x1a0 [mlx5_core]
rdma_init_netdev+0x4e/0x80 [ib_core]
? mlx5_rdma_netdev_free+0x70/0x70 [mlx5_core]
ipoib_intf_init+0x64/0x550 [ib_ipoib]
ipoib_i…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-35959 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.87, 6.6.28, 6.8.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-35959" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-35959 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.1.87, 6.6.28, 6.8.7 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.1.87, 6.6.28, 6.8.7.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade Kernel to 6.1.87, 6.6.28, 6.8.7
```
ステージング環境で 6.1.87, 6.6.28, 6.8.7 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.18.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.87"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.28"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.8.7"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35959 linux Fixed in: 6.1.90-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35959 linux