CVE-2024-56742

MEDIUM5.5

vfio/mlx5: Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages()

Published Dec 29, 2024

Modified 8 months ago

No fix available

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

vfio/mlx5: Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages()

Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages().

If a set of pages is allocated but fails to be added to the SG table, they need to be freed to prevent a memory leak.

Any pages successfully added to the SG table will be freed as part of mlx5vf_free_data_buffer().

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

LowA:L

3.3/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

PublishedDec 29, 2024

ModifiedMay 4, 2025

CVE-2024-56742 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence