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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-27014" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-05-01T05:29:46.980Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T20:08:44.844Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:07.518Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-27014" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-27014.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27014" title: "net/mlx5e: Prevent deadlock while disabling aRFS" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Prevent deadlock while disabling aRFS\n\nWhen disabling aRFS under the `priv-\u003estate_lock`, any scheduled\naRFS works are canceled using the `cancel_work_sync` function,\nwhich waits for the work to end if it has already started.\nHowever, while waiting for the work handler, the handler will\ntry to acquire the `state_lock` which is already acquired.\n\nThe worker acquires the lock to delete the rules if the state\nis down, which is not the worker's responsibility since\ndisabling aRFS deletes the rules.\n\nAdd an aRFS state variable, which indicates whether the aRFS is\nenabled and prevent adding rules when the aRFS is disabled.\n\nKernel log:\n\n======================================================\nWARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected\n6.7.0-rc4_net_next_mlx5_5483eb2 #1 Tainted: G I\n------------------------------------------------------\nethtool/386089 is trying to acquire lock:\nffff88810f21ce68 ((work_completion)(&rule-\u003earfs_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: __flush_work+0x74/0x4e0\n\nbut task is already holding lock:\nffff8884a1808cc0 (&priv-\u003estate_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: mlx5e_ethtool_set_channels+0x53/0x200 [mlx5_core]\n\nwhich lock already depends on the new lock.\n\nthe existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:\n\n-\u003e #1 (&priv-\u003estate_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:\n __mutex_lock+0x80/0xc90\n arfs_handle_work+0x4b/0x3b0 [mlx5_core]\n process_one_work+0x1dc/0x4a0\n worker_thread+0x1bf/0x3c0\n kthread+0xd7/0x100\n ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20\n\n-\u003e #0 ((work_completion)(&rule-\u003earfs_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}:\n __lock_acquire+0x17b4/0x2c80\n lock_acquire+0xd0/0x2b0\n __flush_work+0x7a/0x4e0\n __cancel_work_timer+0x131/0x1c0\n arfs_del_rules+0x143/0x1e0 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_arfs_disable+0x1b/0x30 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_ethtool_set_channels+0xcb/0x200 [mlx5_core]\n ethnl_set_channels+0x28f/0x3b0\n ethnl_default_set_doit+0xec/0x240\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xd0/0x120\n genl_rcv_msg+0x188/0x2c0\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x54/0x100\n genl_rcv+0x24/0x40\n netlink_unicast+0x1a1/0x270\n netlink_sendmsg+0x214/0x460\n __sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x60\n __sys_sendto+0x113/0x170\n __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0x40/0xe0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0x4e\n\nother info that might help us debug this:\n\n Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n\n CPU0 CPU1\n ---- ----\n lock(&priv-\u003estate_lock);\n lock((work_completion)(&rule-\u003earfs_work));\n lock(&priv-\u003estate_lock);\n lock((work_completion)(&rule-\u003earfs_work));\n\n *** DEADLOCK ***\n\n3 locks held by ethtool/386089:\n #0: ffffffff82ea7210 (cb_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: genl_rcv+0x15/0x40\n #1: ffffffff82e94c88 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ethnl_default_set_doit+0xd3/0x240\n #2: ffff8884a1808cc0 (&priv-\u003estate_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: mlx5e_ethtool_set_channels+0x53/0x200 [mlx5_core]\n\nstack backtrace:\nCPU: 15 PID: 386089 Comm: ethtool Tainted: G I 6.7.0-rc4_net_next_mlx5_5483eb2 #1\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0xa0\n check_noncircular+0x144/0x160\n __lock_acquire+0x17b4/0x2c80\n lock_acquire+0xd0/0x2b0\n ? __flush_work+0x74/0x4e0\n ? save_trace+0x3e/0x360\n ? __flush_work+0x74/0x4e0\n __flush_work+0x7a/0x4e0\n ? __flush_work+0x74/0x4e0\n ? __lock_acquire+0xa78/0x2c80\n ? lock_acquire+0xd0/0x2b0\n ? mark_held_locks+0x49/0x70\n __cancel_work_timer+0x131/0x1c0\n ? mark_held_locks+0x49/0x70\n arfs_del_rules+0x143/0x1e0 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_arfs_disable+0x1b/0x30 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_ethtool_set_channels+0xcb/0x200 [mlx5_core]\n ethnl_set_channels+0x28f/0x3b0\n ethnl_default_set_doit+0xec/0x240\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xd0/0x120\n genl_rcv_msg+0x188/0x2c0\n ? ethn\n---truncated---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"45bf454ae88414e80b80979ebb2c22bd66ea7d1b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"46efa4d5930cf3c2af8c01f75e0a47e4fc045e3b"},{"version":"45bf454ae88414e80b80979ebb2c22bd66ea7d1b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"48c4bb81df19402d4346032353d0795260255e3b"},{"version":"45bf454ae88414e80b80979ebb2c22bd66ea7d1b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0080bf99499468030248ebd25dd645e487dcecdc"},{"version":"45bf454ae88414e80b80979ebb2c22bd66ea7d1b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fef965764cf562f28afb997b626fc7c3cec99693"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.7"},{"version":"6.1.88","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.29","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.8.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.8.*"},{"version":"6.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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