Answer in brief
CVE-2024-53138 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in net/mlx5e: kTLS, Fix incorrect page refcounting. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 9.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8 <a0ddb20a748b122ea86003485f7992fa5e84cc95 || >=84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8 <ffad2ac8c859c1c1a981fe9c4f7ff925db684a43 || >=84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8 <c7b97f9e794d8e2bbaa50e1d6c230196fd214b5e || >=84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8 <69fbd07f17b0fdaf8970bc705f5bf115c297839d || >=84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8 <93a14620b97c911489a5b008782f3d9b0c4aeff4 || >=84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8 <2723e8b2cbd486cb96e5a61b22473f7fd62e18df || >=84d1bb2b139e0184b1754aa1b5776186b475fce8 <dd6e972cc5890d91d6749bb48e3912721c4e4b25 | a0ddb20a748b122ea86003485f7992fa5e84cc95, ffad2ac8c859c1c1a981fe9c4f7ff925db684a43, c7b97f9e794d8e2bbaa50e1d6c230196fd214b5e, 69fbd07f17b0fdaf8970bc705f5bf115c297839d, 93a14620b97c911489a5b008782f3d9b0c4aeff4, 2723e8b2cbd486cb96e5a61b22473f7fd62e18df, dd6e972cc5890d91d6749bb48e3912721c4e4b25 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.4 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Dec 4, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: kTLS, Fix incorrect page refcounting The kTLS tx handling code is using a mix of get_page() and page_ref_inc() APIs to increment the page reference. But on the release path (mlx5e_ktls_tx_handle_resync_dump_comp()), only put_page() is used. This is an issue when using pages from large folios: the get_page() references are stored on the folio page while the page_ref_inc() references are stored directly in the given page. On release the folio page will be dereferenced too many times. This was found while doing kTLS testing with sendfile() + ZC when the served file was read from NFS on a kernel with NFS large folios support (commit 49b29a573da8 ("nfs: add support for large folios")).
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