5.5

CVE-2026-43468

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.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.0 < 6.1.167
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.130
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.78
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.19
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 6.19.9
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.0 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.0 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.0 Updaterc3
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.09% 0.006
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-667 Improper Locking

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0de867f6e34eae6907b367fd152c55e61cb98608
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/957d2a58f7f8ebcbdd0a85935e0d2675134b890d
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c7313cb41b1b427078440364d2f042c276a1c0b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a7838bebc38374f74baaf88bf2cf8d439a92923
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90e7e5d14d0bd25ffd019a3aa39d9f1c05fedbe1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aed763abf0e905b4b8d747d1ba9e172961572f57
Patch