{"id":"CVE-2024-56660","summary":"net/mlx5: DR, prevent potential error pointer dereference","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: DR, prevent potential error pointer dereference\n\nThe dr_domain_add_vport_cap() function generally returns NULL on error\nbut sometimes we want it to return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY) so the caller can\nretry.  The problem here is that \"ret\" can be either -EBUSY or -ENOMEM\nand if it's and -ENOMEM then the error pointer is propogated back and\neventually dereferenced in dr_ste_v0_build_src_gvmi_qpn_tag().","modified":"2026-04-02T12:25:03.768751Z","published":"2024-12-27T15:06:23.161Z","related":["MGASA-2025-0030","MGASA-2025-0032","SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1","SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1","SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1","SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1","USN-7379-2","USN-7380-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56660.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11776cff0b563c8b8a4fa76cab620bfb633a8cb8"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/325cf73a1b449fea3158ab99d03a7a717aad1618"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61f720e801443d4e2a3c0261eda4ad8431458dca"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59c61a1869ceefc65ef02886f91e8cd0062211f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56660.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56660"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"11a45def2e197532c46aa908dedd52bc1ee378a2"},{"fixed":"61f720e801443d4e2a3c0261eda4ad8431458dca"},{"fixed":"325cf73a1b449fea3158ab99d03a7a717aad1618"},{"fixed":"a59c61a1869ceefc65ef02886f91e8cd0062211f"},{"fixed":"11776cff0b563c8b8a4fa76cab620bfb633a8cb8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-56660.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}