{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-23035", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-01-13T15:37:45.943Z", "datePublished": "2026-01-31T11:42:29.960Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:58:44.558Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:58:44.558Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Pass netdev to mlx5e_destroy_netdev instead of priv\n\nmlx5e_priv is an unstable structure that can be memset(0) if profile\nattaching fails.\n\nPass netdev to mlx5e_destroy_netdev() to guarantee it will work on a\nvalid netdev.\n\nOn mlx5e_remove: Check validity of priv->profile, before attempting\nto cleanup any resources that might be not there.\n\nThis fixes a kernel oops in mlx5e_remove when switchdev mode fails due\nto change profile failure.\n\n$ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:00:03.0 mode switchdev\nError: mlx5_core: Failed setting eswitch to offloads.\ndmesg:\nworkqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq \"mlx5e\": -EINTR\nmlx5_core 0012:03:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6214:(pid 37199): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12\nmlx5_core 0012:03:00.1 gpu3rdma1: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: new profile init failed, -12\nworkqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq \"mlx5e\": -EINTR\nmlx5_core 0012:03:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6214:(pid 37199): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12\nmlx5_core 0012:03:00.1 gpu3rdma1: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: failed to rollback to orig profile, -12\n\n$ devlink dev reload pci/0000:00:03.0 ==> oops\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000370\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\nCPU: 15 UID: 0 PID: 520 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.18.0-rc5+ #115 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:mlx5e_dcbnl_dscp_app+0x23/0x100\nRSP: 0018:ffffc9000083f8b8 EFLAGS: 00010286\nRAX: ffff8881126fc380 RBX: ffff8881015ac400 RCX: ffffffff826ffc45\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8881035109c0\nRBP: ffff8881035109c0 R08: ffff888101e3e838 R09: ffff888100264e10\nR10: ffffc9000083f898 R11: ffffc9000083f8a0 R12: ffff888101b921a0\nR13: ffff888101b921a0 R14: ffff8881015ac9a0 R15: ffff8881015ac400\nFS: 00007f789a3c8740(0000) GS:ffff88856aa59000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 0000000000000370 CR3: 000000010b6c0001 CR4: 0000000000370ef0\nCall Trace:\n \n mlx5e_remove+0x57/0x110\n device_release_driver_internal+0x19c/0x200\n bus_remove_device+0xc6/0x130\n device_del+0x160/0x3d0\n ? devl_param_driverinit_value_get+0x2d/0x90\n mlx5_detach_device+0x89/0xe0\n mlx5_unload_one_devl_locked+0x3a/0x70\n mlx5_devlink_reload_down+0xc8/0x220\n devlink_reload+0x7d/0x260\n devlink_nl_reload_doit+0x45b/0x5a0\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe8/0x140" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h", "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c", "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "c4d7eb57687f358cd498ea3624519236af8db97e", "lessThan": "a7625bacaa8c8c2bfcde6dd6d1397bd63ad82b02", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "c4d7eb57687f358cd498ea3624519236af8db97e", "lessThan": "66a25f6b7c0bfd84e6d27b536f5d24116dbd52da", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "c4d7eb57687f358cd498ea3624519236af8db97e", "lessThan": "4ef8512e1427111f7ba92b4a847d181ff0aeec42", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h", "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c", "drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.12", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.67", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.7", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.19", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.67" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.7" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7625bacaa8c8c2bfcde6dd6d1397bd63ad82b02" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66a25f6b7c0bfd84e6d27b536f5d24116dbd52da" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ef8512e1427111f7ba92b4a847d181ff0aeec42" } ], "title": "net/mlx5e: Pass netdev to mlx5e_destroy_netdev instead of priv", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }