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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2024-35959"
idYear: 2024
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2024-05-20T09:41:51.244Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T20:14:30.915Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:11.582Z"
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-2024-35959"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-35959.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35959"
title: "net/mlx5e: Fix mlx5e_priv_init() cleanup flow"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Fix mlx5e_priv_init() cleanup flow\n\nWhen mlx5e_priv_init() fails, the cleanup flow calls mlx5e_selq_cleanup which\ncalls mlx5e_selq_apply() that assures that the `priv-\u003estate_lock` is held using\nlockdep_is_held().\n\nAcquire the state_lock in mlx5e_selq_cleanup().\n\nKernel log:\n=============================\nWARNING: suspicious RCU usage\n6.8.0-rc3_net_next_841a9b5 #1 Not tainted\n-----------------------------\ndrivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/selq.c:124 suspicious rcu_dereference_protected() usage!\n\nother info that might help us debug this:\n\nrcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1\n2 locks held by systemd-modules/293:\n #0: ffffffffa05067b0 (devices_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ib_register_client+0x109/0x1b0 [ib_core]\n #1: ffff8881096c65c0 (&device-\u003eclient_data_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: add_client_context+0x104/0x1c0 [ib_core]\n\nstack backtrace:\nCPU: 4 PID: 293 Comm: systemd-modules Not tainted 6.8.0-rc3_net_next_841a9b5 #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+0x8a/0xa0\n lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x154/0x1a0\n mlx5e_selq_apply+0x94/0xa0 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_selq_cleanup+0x3a/0x60 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_priv_init+0x2be/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_rdma_setup_rn+0x7c/0x1a0 [mlx5_core]\n rdma_init_netdev+0x4e/0x80 [ib_core]\n ? mlx5_rdma_netdev_free+0x70/0x70 [mlx5_core]\n ipoib_intf_init+0x64/0x550 [ib_ipoib]\n ipoib_intf_alloc+0x4e/0xc0 [ib_ipoib]\n ipoib_add_one+0xb0/0x360 [ib_ipoib]\n add_client_context+0x112/0x1c0 [ib_core]\n ib_register_client+0x166/0x1b0 [ib_core]\n ? 0xffffffffa0573000\n ipoib_init_module+0xeb/0x1a0 [ib_ipoib]\n do_one_initcall+0x61/0x250\n do_init_module+0x8a/0x270\n init_module_from_file+0x8b/0xd0\n idempotent_init_module+0x17d/0x230\n __x64_sys_finit_module+0x61/0xb0\n do_syscall_64+0x71/0x140\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0x4e\n \u003c/TASK\u003e"
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"8bf30be75069d6080659de9a28565c048f6cef9b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ad26f26abd353113dea4e8d5ebadccdab9b61e76"},{"version":"8bf30be75069d6080659de9a28565c048f6cef9b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f9ac93b6f3de34aa0bb983b9be4f69ca50fc70f3"},{"version":"8bf30be75069d6080659de9a28565c048f6cef9b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6bd77865fda662913dcb5722a66a773840370aa7"},{"version":"8bf30be75069d6080659de9a28565c048f6cef9b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ecb829459a841198e142f72fadab56424ae96519"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.18"},{"version":"6.1.87","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.28","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.8.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.8.*"},{"version":"6.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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