CVE-2025-21751
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2025
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
net/mlx5: HWS, change error flow on matcher disconnect
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: HWS, change error flow on matcher disconnect Currently, when firmware failure occurs during matcher disconnect flow, the error flow of the function reconnects the matcher back and returns an error, which continues running the calling function and eventually frees the matcher that is being disconnected. This leads to a case where we have a freed matcher on the matchers list, which in turn leads to use-after-free and eventual crash. This patch fixes that by not trying to reconnect the matcher back when some FW command fails during disconnect. Note that we're dealing here with FW error. We can't overcome this problem. This might lead to bad steering state (e.g. wrong connection between matchers), and will also lead to resource leakage, as it is the case with any other error handling during resource destruction. However, the goal here is to allow the driver to continue and not crash the machine with use-after-free error.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 472dd792348f6601ccaa97d5626ee4faff891901 | affected | git | 5682aad0276ff9b9b0eff3188eb6a1f504d6b436 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 472dd792348f6601ccaa97d5626ee4faff891901 | affected | git | 23a86c76a1a197e8fbbbd0ce3e826eb58c471624 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 472dd792348f6601ccaa97d5626ee4faff891901 | affected | git | 1ce840c7a659aa53a31ef49f0271b4fd0dc10296 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.12 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.12 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.12.48 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.13.3 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.13.* | None listed |
| 6.14 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |