CVE-2024-42145: Linux kernel · IB/core: Implement a limit on UMAD receive List
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 22:52 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 Jul 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/core: Implement a limit on UMAD receive List The existing behavior of ib_umad, which maintains received MAD packets in an unbounded list, poses a risk of uncontrolled growth. As user-space applications extract packets from this list, the rate of extraction may not match the rate of incoming packets, leading to potential list overflow. To address this, we introduce a limit to the size of the list. After considering typical scenarios, such as OpenSM processing, which can handle approximately 100k packets per second, and the 1-second retry timeout for most packets, we set the list size limit to 200k. Packets received beyond this limit are dropped, assuming they are likely timed out by the time they are handled by user-space. Notably, packets queued on the receive list due to reasons like timed-out sends are preserved even when the list is full.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42145 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1288cf1cceb0e6df276e182f5412370fb4169bcb (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/62349fbf86b5e13b02721bdadf98c29afd1e7b5f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/63d202d948bb6d3a28cd8e8b96b160fa53e18baa (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6627fba793cc75b7365d9504a0095fb2902dda4 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4913702419d064ec4c4bbf7270643c95cc89a1b (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8c5f635997f49c625178d1a0cb32a80ed33abe6 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca0b44e20a6f3032224599f02e7c8fb49525c894 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d73cb8862e4d6760ccc94d3b57b9ef6271400607 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)