CVE-2024-38544

Updated: 2026-02-27 00:24:12.107532

Description:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix seg fault in rxe_comp_queue_pkt In rxe_comp_queue_pkt() an incoming response packet skb is enqueued to the resp_pkts queue and then a decision is made whether to run the completer task inline or schedule it. Finally the skb is dereferenced to bump a 'hw' performance counter. This is wrong because if the completer task is already running in a separate thread it may have already processed the skb and freed it which can cause a seg fault. This has been observed infrequently in testing at high scale. This patch fixes this by changing the order of enqueuing the packet until after the counter is accessed.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x 0.0
CVSS Version 3.x MEDIUM 6.3

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU kernel 5.14.0 6.3 MEDIUM Ignored 2025-09-23 10:45:18 Exposure is limited to systems that actively load and configure the rdma_rxe (Soft‑RoCE) kernel mo...
CentOS 6 ELS kernel 2.6.32 6.3 MEDIUM Ignored 2024-08-29 05:23:28 Ignored due to low severity
CentOS 7 ELS kernel 3.10.0 6.3 MEDIUM Ignored 2024-08-29 05:23:28 Ignored due to low severity
CentOS 8.4 ELS kernel 4.18.0 6.3 MEDIUM Ignored 2024-08-29 05:23:28 Ignored due to low severity
CentOS 8.5 ELS kernel 4.18.0 6.3 MEDIUM Ignored 2024-08-29 05:23:28 Ignored due to low severity
CentOS Stream 8 ELS kernel 4.18.0 6.3 MEDIUM Ignored 2024-08-29 05:23:28 Ignored due to low severity
CloudLinux 6 ELS kernel 2.6.32 6.3 MEDIUM Ignored 2024-08-29 05:23:28 Ignored due to low severity
CloudLinux 7 ELS kernel 3.10.0 6.3 MEDIUM Ignored 2024-08-29 05:23:28 Ignored due to low severity
Oracle Linux 6 ELS kernel 2.6.32 6.3 MEDIUM Ignored 2024-08-29 05:23:28 Ignored due to low severity
Oracle Linux 7 ELS kernel-uek 5.4.17 6.3 MEDIUM Ignored 2025-12-04 17:08:33 This flaw is confined to the software RoCE (RXE) path and is only reachable on systems that have the...
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