CVE-2026-43467 (GCVE-0-2026-43467)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-08 14:22
Modified
2026-05-23 16:07
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix crash when moving to switchdev mode When moving to switchdev mode when the device doesn't support IPsec, we try to clean up the IPsec resources anyway which causes the crash below, fix that by correctly checking for IPsec support before trying to clean up its resources. [27642.515799] WARNING: arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1276 at do_user_addr_fault+0x18a/0x680, CPU#4: devlink/6490 [27642.517159] Modules linked in: xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE ip6table_nat ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_nat nf_nat xt_addrtype rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss oid_registry overlay mlx5_fwctl nfnetlink zram zsmalloc mlx5_ib fuse rpcrdma rdma_ucm ib_uverbs ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ib_umad rdma_cm ib_ipoib iw_cm ib_cm mlx5_core ib_core [27642.521358] CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 6490 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.19.0-rc5_for_upstream_min_debug_2026_01_14_16_47 #1 NONE [27642.522923] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [27642.524528] RIP: 0010:do_user_addr_fault+0x18a/0x680 [27642.525362] Code: ff 0f 84 75 03 00 00 48 89 ee 4c 89 e7 e8 5e b9 22 00 49 89 c0 48 85 c0 0f 84 a8 02 00 00 f7 c3 60 80 00 00 74 22 31 c9 eb ae <0f> 0b 48 83 c4 10 48 89 ea 48 89 de 4c 89 f7 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 [27642.528166] RSP: 0018:ffff88810770f6b8 EFLAGS: 00010046 [27642.529038] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: ffff88810b980f00 [27642.530158] RDX: 00000000000000a0 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: ffff88810770f728 [27642.531270] RBP: 00000000000000a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [27642.532383] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888103f3c4c0 [27642.533499] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88810770f728 R15: 0000000000000000 [27642.534614] FS: 00007f197c741740(0000) GS:ffff88856a94c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [27642.535915] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [27642.536858] CR2: 00000000000000a0 CR3: 000000011334c003 CR4: 0000000000172eb0 [27642.537982] Call Trace: [27642.538466] <TASK> [27642.538907] exc_page_fault+0x76/0x140 [27642.539583] asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [27642.540282] RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x30 [27642.541134] Code: 07 85 c0 75 11 ba ff 00 00 00 f0 0f b1 17 75 06 b8 01 00 00 00 c3 31 c0 c3 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 53 9c 5b fa 31 c0 ba 01 00 00 00 <f0> 0f b1 17 75 05 48 89 d8 5b c3 89 c6 e8 7e 02 00 00 48 89 d8 5b [27642.543936] RSP: 0018:ffff88810770f7d8 EFLAGS: 00010046 [27642.544803] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000202 RCX: ffff888113ad96d8 [27642.545916] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff88810770f818 RDI: 00000000000000a0 [27642.547027] RBP: 0000000000000098 R08: 0000000000000400 R09: ffff88810b980f00 [27642.548140] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffff888101845a80 R12: 00000000000000a8 [27642.549263] R13: ffffffffa02a9060 R14: 00000000000000a0 R15: ffff8881130d8a40 [27642.550379] complete_all+0x20/0x90 [27642.551010] mlx5e_ipsec_disable_events+0xb6/0xf0 [mlx5_core] [27642.552022] mlx5e_nic_disable+0x12d/0x220 [mlx5_core] [27642.552929] mlx5e_detach_netdev+0x66/0xf0 [mlx5_core] [27642.553822] mlx5e_netdev_change_profile+0x5b/0x120 [mlx5_core] [27642.554821] mlx5e_vport_rep_load+0x419/0x590 [mlx5_core] [27642.555757] ? xa_load+0x53/0x90 [27642.556361] __esw_offloads_load_rep+0x54/0x70 [mlx5_core] [27642.557328] mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_load+0x45/0xd0 [mlx5_core] [27642.558320] esw_offloads_enable+0xb4b/0xc90 [mlx5_core] [27642.559247] mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x34e/0x4f0 [mlx5_core] [27642.560257] ? mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked+0x222/0x2d0 [mlx5_core] [27642.561284] mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x5ac/0x9c0 [mlx5_core] [27642.562334] ? devlink_rate_set_ops_supported+0x21/0x3a0 [27642.563220] devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x67/0xe0 [27642.564026] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe0/0x130 [27642.564816] genl_rcv_msg+0x183/0x290 [27642.565466] ? __devlink_nl_pre_doit.isra.0+0x160/0x160 [27642.566329] ? d ---truncated---
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Linux Linux Version: 7e212cebc863c2c7a82f480446cd731721451691
Version: 664f76be38a18c61151d0ef248c7e2f3afb4f3c7
Version: 664f76be38a18c61151d0ef248c7e2f3afb4f3c7
Version: 664f76be38a18c61151d0ef248c7e2f3afb4f3c7
Version: 8956686d398eca6d324d2d164f9d2a281175a3a1
Version: 6.12.56   ≤
Version: 6.17.6   ≤
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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: Fix crash when moving to switchdev mode\n\nWhen moving to switchdev mode when the device doesn\u0027t support IPsec,\nwe try to clean up the IPsec resources anyway which causes the crash\nbelow, fix that by correctly checking for IPsec support before trying\nto clean up its resources.\n\n[27642.515799] WARNING: arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1276 at\ndo_user_addr_fault+0x18a/0x680, CPU#4: devlink/6490\n[27642.517159] Modules linked in: xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE\nip6table_nat ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_nat nf_nat xt_addrtype\nrpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss oid_registry overlay mlx5_fwctl nfnetlink\nzram zsmalloc mlx5_ib fuse rpcrdma rdma_ucm ib_uverbs ib_iser libiscsi\nscsi_transport_iscsi ib_umad rdma_cm ib_ipoib iw_cm ib_cm mlx5_core\nib_core\n[27642.521358] CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 6490 Comm: devlink Not tainted\n6.19.0-rc5_for_upstream_min_debug_2026_01_14_16_47 #1 NONE\n[27642.522923] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS\nrel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n[27642.524528] RIP: 0010:do_user_addr_fault+0x18a/0x680\n[27642.525362] Code: ff 0f 84 75 03 00 00 48 89 ee 4c 89 e7 e8 5e b9 22\n00 49 89 c0 48 85 c0 0f 84 a8 02 00 00 f7 c3 60 80 00 00 74 22 31 c9 eb\n   ae \u003c0f\u003e 0b 48 83 c4 10 48 89 ea 48 89 de 4c 89 f7 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d\n41\n[27642.528166] RSP: 0018:ffff88810770f6b8 EFLAGS: 00010046\n[27642.529038] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX:\nffff88810b980f00\n[27642.530158] RDX: 00000000000000a0 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI:\nffff88810770f728\n[27642.531270] RBP: 00000000000000a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09:\n0000000000000000\n[27642.532383] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12:\nffff888103f3c4c0\n[27642.533499] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88810770f728 R15:\n0000000000000000\n[27642.534614] FS:  00007f197c741740(0000) GS:ffff88856a94c000(0000)\nknlGS:0000000000000000\n[27642.535915] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[27642.536858] CR2: 00000000000000a0 CR3: 000000011334c003 CR4:\n0000000000172eb0\n[27642.537982] Call Trace:\n[27642.538466]  \u003cTASK\u003e\n[27642.538907]  exc_page_fault+0x76/0x140\n[27642.539583]  asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n[27642.540282] RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x30\n[27642.541134] Code: 07 85 c0 75 11 ba ff 00 00 00 f0 0f b1 17 75 06 b8\n01 00 00 00 c3 31 c0 c3 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 53 9c 5b fa 31 c0 ba 01 00 00\n   00 \u003cf0\u003e 0f b1 17 75 05 48 89 d8 5b c3 89 c6 e8 7e 02 00 00 48 89 d8\n      5b\n[27642.543936] RSP: 0018:ffff88810770f7d8 EFLAGS: 00010046\n[27642.544803] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000202 RCX:\nffff888113ad96d8\n[27642.545916] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff88810770f818 RDI:\n00000000000000a0\n[27642.547027] RBP: 0000000000000098 R08: 0000000000000400 R09:\nffff88810b980f00\n[27642.548140] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffff888101845a80 R12:\n00000000000000a8\n[27642.549263] R13: ffffffffa02a9060 R14: 00000000000000a0 R15:\nffff8881130d8a40\n[27642.550379]  complete_all+0x20/0x90\n[27642.551010]  mlx5e_ipsec_disable_events+0xb6/0xf0 [mlx5_core]\n[27642.552022]  mlx5e_nic_disable+0x12d/0x220 [mlx5_core]\n[27642.552929]  mlx5e_detach_netdev+0x66/0xf0 [mlx5_core]\n[27642.553822]  mlx5e_netdev_change_profile+0x5b/0x120 [mlx5_core]\n[27642.554821]  mlx5e_vport_rep_load+0x419/0x590 [mlx5_core]\n[27642.555757]  ? xa_load+0x53/0x90\n[27642.556361]  __esw_offloads_load_rep+0x54/0x70 [mlx5_core]\n[27642.557328]  mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_load+0x45/0xd0 [mlx5_core]\n[27642.558320]  esw_offloads_enable+0xb4b/0xc90 [mlx5_core]\n[27642.559247]  mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x34e/0x4f0 [mlx5_core]\n[27642.560257]  ? mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked+0x222/0x2d0 [mlx5_core]\n[27642.561284]  mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x5ac/0x9c0 [mlx5_core]\n[27642.562334]  ? devlink_rate_set_ops_supported+0x21/0x3a0\n[27642.563220]  devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x67/0xe0\n[27642.564026]  genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe0/0x130\n[27642.564816]  genl_rcv_msg+0x183/0x290\n[27642.565466]  ? __devlink_nl_pre_doit.isra.0+0x160/0x160\n[27642.566329]  ? d\n---truncated---"
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        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T16:07:09.943Z",
        "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "shortName": "Linux"
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          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05c9a6df3646cdd25e0e10e6ef2d20cdba3ed8f9"
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          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/835778685f157b4fd4683b670cfe4010265bac60"
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          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc72f739f398d9d2e4f3d06f3f75fe98876d5579"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24b2795f9683e092dc22a68f487e7aaaf2ddafea"
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      "title": "net/mlx5: Fix crash when moving to switchdev mode",
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  "cveMetadata": {
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    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-43467",
    "datePublished": "2026-05-08T14:22:28.216Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-05-01T14:12:56.011Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T16:07:09.943Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
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