{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2024-53120",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-53120"
  ],
  "published": "2024-12-02T13:53:05Z",
  "summary": "net/mlx5e: CT: Fix null-ptr-deref in add rule err flow",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: CT: Fix null-ptr-deref in add rule err flow\n\nIn error flow of mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule(), in case ct_rule_add()\ncallback returns error, zone_rule->attr is used uninitiated. Fix it to\nuse attr which has the needed pointer value.\n\nKernel log:\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000110\n RIP: 0010:mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x2b1/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]\n\u2026\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  ? __die+0x20/0x70\n  ? page_fault_oops+0x150/0x3e0\n  ? exc_page_fault+0x74/0x140\n  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n  ? mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x2b1/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]\n  ? mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x1d5/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]\n  mlx5_tc_ct_block_flow_offload+0xc6a/0xf90 [mlx5_core]\n  ? nf_flow_offload_tuple+0xd8/0x190 [nf_flow_table]\n  nf_flow_offload_tuple+0xd8/0x190 [nf_flow_table]\n  flow_offload_work_handler+0x142/0x320 [nf_flow_table]\n  ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x15b/0x2b0\n  process_one_work+0x16c/0x320\n  worker_thread+0x28c/0x3a0\n  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n  kthread+0xb8/0xf0\n  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n  ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50\n  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n  </TASK>",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-2712",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v6",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7l",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v8",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "per_version": {
          "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4": {
            "linux_commit": "655fc658a15ae7a6f37103754adb39ba52a9a14e",
            "upstream_version": "6.1.47",
            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
            "upstream_fixed": "6.1.119",
            "compiled_filter": false
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53120"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/882f392d9e3649557e71efd78ae20c86039ffb7c"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c7c70ff8b696cfedba350411dca736361ef9a0f"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06dc488a593020bd2f006798557d2a32104d8359"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6030f8bd7902e9e276a0edc09bf11979e4e2bc2e"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e99c6873229fe0482e7ceb7d5600e32d623ed9d9"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-08-05T11:52:36Z"
  }
}