CVE-2024-43866: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Always drain health in shutdown callback There is no point in recovery during device shutdown. if health work started need to wait for it to avoid races and NULL pointer access. Hence, drain health WQ on shutdown callback.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.13.16, before 6.1.113 (fixed in 6.1.113); from 6.2, before 6.6.45 (fixed in 6.6.45); from 6.7, before 6.10.4 (fixed in 6.10.4); version 6.11 only

Published 2024-08-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.