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GHSA-2HMF-4J5W-6VM3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-19 15:30 – Updated: 2024-09-19 15:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/hns: Modify the print level of CQE error

Too much print may lead to a panic in kernel. Change ibdev_err() to ibdev_err_ratelimited(), and change the printing level of cqe dump to debug level.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2024-38590 (GCVE-0-2024-38590)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-19 13:45 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:33

Title

RDMA/hns: Modify the print level of CQE error

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/hns: Modify the print level of CQE error Too much print may lead to a panic in kernel. Change ibdev_err() to ibdev_err_ratelimited(), and change the printing level of cqe dump to debug level.

Severity

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-06-20 15:39 UTC

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 54/100 over 6633 records in the last 180 days details

References

7 references

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/817a10a6df9354e67…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06cf121346bbd3d83…
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Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.8 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.8 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.219 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.161 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.93 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.33 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.8.12 , ≤ 6.8.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.9.3 , ≤ 6.9.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.10 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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