{"cve":"CVE-2024-35855","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-17T15:15:22.677","modified":"2026-08-04T11:17:59.697","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix possible use-after-free during activity update\n\nThe rule activity update delayed work periodically traverses the list of\nconfigured rules and queries their activity from the device.\n\nAs part of this task it accesses the entry pointed by 'ventry->entry',\nbut this entry can be changed concurrently by the rehash delayed work,\nleading to a use-after-free [1].\n\nFix by closing the race and perform the activity query under the\n'vregion->lock' mutex.\n\n[1]\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_flower_rule_activity_get+0x121/0x140\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff8881054ed808 by task kworker/0:18/181\n\nCPU: 0 PID: 181 Comm: kworker/0:18 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc2-custom-00781-gd5ab772d32f7 #2\nHardware name: Mellanox Technologies Ltd. MSN3700/VMOD0005, BIOS 5.11 01/06/2019\nWorkqueue: mlxsw_core mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_activity_update_work\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0xc6/0x120\n print_report+0xce/0x670\n kasan_report+0xd7/0x110\n mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_flower_rule_activity_get+0x121/0x140\n mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_activity_update_work+0x219/0x400\n process_one_work+0x8eb/0x19b0\n worker_thread+0x6c9/0xf70\n kthread+0x2c9/0x3b0\n ret_from_fork+0x4d/0x80\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n </TASK>\n\nAllocated by task 1039:\n kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0\n __kmalloc+0x19c/0x360\n mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_entry_create+0x7b/0x1f0\n mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vchunk_migrate_all+0x30d/0xb50\n mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_rehash_work+0x157/0x1300\n process_one_work+0x8eb/0x19b0\n worker_thread+0x6c9/0xf70\n kthread+0x2c9/0x3b0\n ret_from_fork+0x4d/0x80\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\nFreed by task 1039:\n kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60\n poison_slab_object+0x102/0x170\n __kasan_slab_free+0x14/0x30\n kfree+0xc1/0x290\n mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vchunk_migrate_all+0x3d7/0xb50\n mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_vregion_rehash_work+0x157/0x1300\n process_one_work+0x8eb/0x19b0\n worker_thread+0x6c9/0xf70\n kthread+0x2c9/0x3b0\n ret_from_fork+0x4d/0x80\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b73f6e4ea770410a937a8db98f77e52594d23a0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79b5b4b18bc85b19d3a518483f9abbbe6d7b3ba4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b183b915beef818a25e3154d719ca015a1ae0770","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b996e8699da810e4c915841d6aaef761007f933a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c17976b42d546ee118ca300db559630ee96fb758"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:50:30.954589733+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-35855","score":0.00232,"percentile":0.14164,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}