CVE-2026-43468
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
net/mlx5: Fix deadlock between devlink lock and esw->wq
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix deadlock between devlink lock and esw->wq esw->work_queue executes esw_functions_changed_event_handler -> esw_vfs_changed_event_handler and acquires the devlink lock. .eswitch_mode_set (acquires devlink lock in devlink_nl_pre_doit) -> mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set -> mlx5_eswitch_disable_locked -> mlx5_eswitch_event_handler_unregister -> flush_workqueue deadlocks when esw_vfs_changed_event_handler executes. Fix that by no longer flushing the work to avoid the deadlock, and using a generation counter to keep track of work relevance. This avoids an old handler manipulating an esw that has undergone one or more mode changes: - the counter is incremented in mlx5_eswitch_event_handler_unregister. - the counter is read and passed to the ephemeral mlx5_host_work struct. - the work handler takes the devlink lock and bails out if the current generation is different than the one it was scheduled to operate on. - mlx5_eswitch_cleanup does the final draining before destroying the wq. No longer flushing the workqueue has the side effect of maybe no longer cancelling pending vport_change_handler work items, but that's ok since those are disabled elsewhere: - mlx5_eswitch_disable_locked disables the vport eq notifier. - mlx5_esw_vport_disable disarms the HW EQ notification and marks vport->enabled under state_lock to false to prevent pending vport handler from doing anything. - mlx5_eswitch_cleanup destroys the workqueue and makes sure all events are disabled/finished.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e | affected | git | 0de867f6e34eae6907b367fd152c55e61cb98608 | Unavailable | None listed |
| f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e | affected | git | 957d2a58f7f8ebcbdd0a85935e0d2675134b890d | Unavailable | None listed |
| f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e | affected | git | 3c7313cb41b1b427078440364d2f042c276a1c0b | Unavailable | None listed |
| f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e | affected | git | 4a7838bebc38374f74baaf88bf2cf8d439a92923 | Unavailable | None listed |
| f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e | affected | git | 90e7e5d14d0bd25ffd019a3aa39d9f1c05fedbe1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e | affected | git | aed763abf0e905b4b8d747d1ba9e172961572f57 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.0 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.1.167 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.130 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.78 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.19 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 6.19.9 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.19.* | None listed |
| 7.0 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |