{"cve":"CVE-2024-38555","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-19T14:15:15.720","modified":"2026-08-04T11:18:43.583","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: Discard command completions in internal error\n\nFix use after free when FW completion arrives while device is in\ninternal error state. Avoid calling completion handler in this case,\nsince the device will flush the command interface and trigger all\ncompletions manually.\n\nKernel log:\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nrefcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.\n...\nRIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xd8/0xe0\n...\nCall Trace:\n<IRQ>\n? __warn+0x79/0x120\n? refcount_warn_saturate+0xd8/0xe0\n? report_bug+0x17c/0x190\n? handle_bug+0x3c/0x60\n? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70\n? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20\n? refcount_warn_saturate+0xd8/0xe0\ncmd_ent_put+0x13b/0x160 [mlx5_core]\nmlx5_cmd_comp_handler+0x5f9/0x670 [mlx5_core]\ncmd_comp_notifier+0x1f/0x30 [mlx5_core]\nnotifier_call_chain+0x35/0xb0\natomic_notifier_call_chain+0x16/0x20\nmlx5_eq_async_int+0xf6/0x290 [mlx5_core]\nnotifier_call_chain+0x35/0xb0\natomic_notifier_call_chain+0x16/0x20\nirq_int_handler+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core]\n__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x4b/0x160\nhandle_irq_event+0x2e/0x80\nhandle_edge_irq+0x98/0x230\n__common_interrupt+0x3b/0xa0\ncommon_interrupt+0x7b/0xa0\n</IRQ>\n<TASK>\nasm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40","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/1337ec94bc5a9eed250e33f5f5c89a28a6bfabdb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d5dce5e92a70274de67a59e1e674c3267f94cd7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cb92b0ad73d3f1734e812054e698d655e9581b0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ac4c69c34240c6de820492c0a28a0bd1494265a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf8aaf0ae01c27ae3c06aa8610caf91e50393396"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-38555","score":0.00261,"percentile":0.17903,"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."]}