{"cve":"CVE-2024-36281","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-21T11:15:10.197","modified":"2026-06-17T07:36:25.880","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: Use mlx5_ipsec_rx_status_destroy to correctly delete status rules\n\nrx_create no longer allocates a modify_hdr instance that needs to be\ncleaned up. The mlx5_modify_header_dealloc call will lead to a NULL pointer\ndereference. A leak in the rules also previously occurred since there are\nnow two rules populated related to status.\n\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n  PGD 109907067 P4D 109907067 PUD 116890067 PMD 0\n  Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP\n  CPU: 1 PID: 484 Comm: ip Not tainted 6.9.0-rc2-rrameshbabu+ #254\n  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS Arch Linux 1.16.3-1-1 04/01/2014\n  RIP: 0010:mlx5_modify_header_dealloc+0xd/0x70\n  <snip>\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   ? show_regs+0x60/0x70\n   ? __die+0x24/0x70\n   ? page_fault_oops+0x15f/0x430\n   ? free_to_partial_list.constprop.0+0x79/0x150\n   ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2c9/0x5c0\n   ? exc_page_fault+0x63/0x110\n   ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30\n   ? mlx5_modify_header_dealloc+0xd/0x70\n   rx_create+0x374/0x590\n   rx_add_rule+0x3ad/0x500\n   ? rx_add_rule+0x3ad/0x500\n   ? mlx5_cmd_exec+0x2c/0x40\n   ? mlx5_create_ipsec_obj+0xd6/0x200\n   mlx5e_accel_ipsec_fs_add_rule+0x31/0xf0\n   mlx5e_xfrm_add_state+0x426/0xc00\n  <snip>","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-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16d66a4fa81da07bc4ed19f4e53b87263c2f8d38","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0a15cde37a8388e57573686f650a17208ae1212","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc9ac559f2e21894c21ac5b0c85fb24a5cab266c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16d66a4fa81da07bc4ed19f4e53b87263c2f8d38","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0a15cde37a8388e57573686f650a17208ae1212"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-36281","score":0.00239,"percentile":0.15003,"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."]}