{"cve":"CVE-2024-35959","nvd":{"published":"2024-05-20T10:15:11.123","modified":"2026-06-17T07:35:48.947","status":"Analyzed","description":"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->state_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->client_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 <TASK>\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 </TASK>","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-459"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bd77865fda662913dcb5722a66a773840370aa7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad26f26abd353113dea4e8d5ebadccdab9b61e76","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecb829459a841198e142f72fadab56424ae96519","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9ac93b6f3de34aa0bb983b9be4f69ca50fc70f3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bd77865fda662913dcb5722a66a773840370aa7"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:50:30.954589733+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-35959","score":0.00255,"percentile":0.17149,"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."]}