Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-43468

net/mlx5: Fix deadlock between devlink lock and esw->wq

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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.

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2026-05-08Source updated 2026-11-06
Collected2026-11-062 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Linux
Linux
≥ f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e; < 0de867f6e34eae6907b367fd152c55e61cb98608 (affected, git)
≥ f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e; < 957d2a58f7f8ebcbdd0a85935e0d2675134b890d (affected, git)
≥ f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e; < 3c7313cb41b1b427078440364d2f042c276a1c0b (affected, git)
≥ f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e; < 4a7838bebc38374f74baaf88bf2cf8d439a92923 (affected, git)
≥ f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e; < 90e7e5d14d0bd25ffd019a3aa39d9f1c05fedbe1 (affected, git)
≥ f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e; < aed763abf0e905b4b8d747d1ba9e172961572f57 (affected, git)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: Linux
Linux
Linux
6.0 (affected)
≥ 0; < 6.0 (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.1.167; ≤ 6.1.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.6.130; ≤ 6.6.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.12.78; ≤ 6.12.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.18.19; ≤ 6.18.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.19.9; ≤ 6.19.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 7.0; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix)
Other versions: affected
CNA: Linux

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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