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        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-10-01T11:39:39.405Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-10-01T11:45:57.310Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:46:18.867Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: Unregister devlink params in case interface is down\n\nCurrently, in case an interface is down, mlx5 driver doesn't\nunregister its devlink params, which leads to this WARN[1].\nFix it by unregistering devlink params in that case as well.\n\n[1]\n[  295.244769 ] WARNING: CPU: 15 PID: 1 at net/core/devlink.c:9042 devlink_free+0x174/0x1fc\n[  295.488379 ] CPU: 15 PID: 1 Comm: shutdown Tainted: G S         OE 5.15.0-1017.19.3.g0677e61-bluefield #g0677e61\n[  295.509330 ] Hardware name: https://www.mellanox.com BlueField SoC/BlueField SoC, BIOS 4.2.0.12761 Jun  6 2023\n[  295.543096 ] pc : devlink_free+0x174/0x1fc\n[  295.551104 ] lr : mlx5_devlink_free+0x18/0x2c [mlx5_core]\n[  295.561816 ] sp : ffff80000809b850\n[  295.711155 ] Call trace:\n[  295.716030 ]  devlink_free+0x174/0x1fc\n[  295.723346 ]  mlx5_devlink_free+0x18/0x2c [mlx5_core]\n[  295.733351 ]  mlx5_sf_dev_remove+0x98/0xb0 [mlx5_core]\n[  295.743534 ]  auxiliary_bus_remove+0x2c/0x50\n[  295.751893 ]  __device_release_driver+0x19c/0x280\n[  295.761120 ]  device_release_driver+0x34/0x50\n[  295.769649 ]  bus_remove_device+0xdc/0x170\n[  295.777656 ]  device_del+0x17c/0x3a4\n[  295.784620 ]  mlx5_sf_dev_remove+0x28/0xf0 [mlx5_core]\n[  295.794800 ]  mlx5_sf_dev_table_destroy+0x98/0x110 [mlx5_core]\n[  295.806375 ]  mlx5_unload+0x34/0xd0 [mlx5_core]\n[  295.815339 ]  mlx5_unload_one+0x70/0xe4 [mlx5_core]\n[  295.824998 ]  shutdown+0xb0/0xd8 [mlx5_core]\n[  295.833439 ]  pci_device_shutdown+0x3c/0xa0\n[  295.841651 ]  device_shutdown+0x170/0x340\n[  295.849486 ]  __do_sys_reboot+0x1f4/0x2a0\n[  295.857322 ]  __arm64_sys_reboot+0x2c/0x40\n[  295.865329 ]  invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100\n[  295.872817 ]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x54/0x184\n[  295.882392 ]  do_el0_svc+0x30/0xac\n[  295.889008 ]  el0_svc+0x48/0x160\n[  295.895278 ]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa4/0x130\n[  295.903807 ]  el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8\n[  295.911120 ] ---[ end trace 4f1d2381d00d9dce  ]---"
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