GHSA-Q9QW-8FG7-FFWW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-19 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-20 15:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free in mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover
mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover() accesses sq->netdev after mlx5e_safe_reopen_channels() has torn down and freed the channel (and its embedded SQs). Replace the three sq->netdev references with priv->netdev which is safe because priv outlives channel teardown.
The netdev_err() call already used priv->netdev for this reason; make the trylock/unlock and health_channel_eq_recover calls consistent.
This fixes the following KASAN splat:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover+0x1dd/0x360 [mlx5_core] Read of size 8 at addr ffff889860ed0b28 by task kworker/u113:2/5277
Call Trace: mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover+0x1dd/0x360 [mlx5_core] devlink_health_reporter_recover+0xa2/0x150 devlink_health_report+0x254/0x7c0 mlx5e_reporter_tx_timeout+0x297/0x380 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_tx_timeout_work+0x109/0x170 [mlx5_core] process_one_work+0x677/0xf20 worker_thread+0x51f/0xd90 kthread+0x3a5/0x810 ret_from_fork+0x208/0x400 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-64122"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-19T16:17:53Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free in mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover\n\nmlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover() accesses sq-\u003enetdev after\nmlx5e_safe_reopen_channels() has torn down and freed the channel (and\nits embedded SQs). Replace the three sq-\u003enetdev references with\npriv-\u003enetdev which is safe because priv outlives channel teardown.\n\nThe netdev_err() call already used priv-\u003enetdev for this reason; make\nthe trylock/unlock and health_channel_eq_recover calls consistent.\n\nThis fixes the following KASAN splat:\n\n BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover+0x1dd/0x360 [mlx5_core]\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff889860ed0b28 by task kworker/u113:2/5277\n\n Call Trace:\n mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover+0x1dd/0x360 [mlx5_core]\n devlink_health_reporter_recover+0xa2/0x150\n devlink_health_report+0x254/0x7c0\n mlx5e_reporter_tx_timeout+0x297/0x380 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_tx_timeout_work+0x109/0x170 [mlx5_core]\n process_one_work+0x677/0xf20\n worker_thread+0x51f/0xd90\n kthread+0x3a5/0x810\n ret_from_fork+0x208/0x400\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30",
"id": "GHSA-q9qw-8fg7-ffww",
"modified": "2026-07-20T15:32:00Z",
"published": "2026-07-19T18:31:52Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64122"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/152295aa7dc2c5e046606f7dadc84fce41136446"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1604a2d68414aa4cc34faac0b7faa9c14455e8d3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d260c5d2d89eb2c8c528d54b576b3aae3e20231"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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