net/mlx5: Fix possible use-after-free in async command interface

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-50726
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-12-24 13:15:59 UTC
Updated2026-08-04 10:18:22 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix possible use-after-free in async command interface mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx should return only after all its callback handlers were completed. Before this patch, the below race between mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx and mlx5_cmd_exec_cb_handler was possible and lead to a use-after-free: 1. mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx is called while num_inflight is 2 (i.e. elevated by 1, a single inflight callback). 2. mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx decreases num_inflight to 1. 3. mlx5_cmd_exec_cb_handler is called, decreases num_inflight to 0 and is about to call wake_up(). 4. mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx calls wait_event, which returns immediately as the condition (num_inflight == 0) holds. 5. mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx returns. 6. The caller of mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx frees the mlx5_async_ctx object. 7. mlx5_cmd_exec_cb_handler goes on and calls wake_up() on the freed object. Fix it by syncing using a completion object. Mark it completed when num_inflight reaches 0. Trace: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in do_raw_spin_lock+0x23d/0x270 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888139cd12f4 by task swapper/5/0 CPU: 5 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/5 Not tainted 6.0.0-rc3_for_upstream_debug_2022_08_30_13_10 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <IRQ> dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d print_report.cold+0x2d5/0x684 ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x23d/0x270 kasan_report+0xb1/0x1a0 ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x23d/0x270 do_raw_spin_lock+0x23d/0x270 ? rwlock_bug.part.0+0x90/0x90 ? __delete_object+0xb8/0x100 ? lock_downgrade+0x6e0/0x6e0 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x43/0x60 ? __wake_up_common_lock+0xb9/0x140 __wake_up_common_lock+0xb9/0x140 ? __wake_up_common+0x650/0x650 ? destroy_tis_callback+0x53/0x70 [mlx5_core] ? kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 ? destroy_tis_callback+0x53/0x70 [mlx5_core] ? kfree+0x1ba/0x520 ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x54/0x220 mlx5_cmd_exec_cb_handler+0x136/0x1a0 [mlx5_core] ? mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx+0x220/0x220 [mlx5_core] ? mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx+0x220/0x220 [mlx5_core] mlx5_cmd_comp_handler+0x65a/0x12b0 [mlx5_core] ? dump_command+0xcc0/0xcc0 [mlx5_core] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x400/0x400 ? cmd_comp_notifier+0x7e/0xb0 [mlx5_core] cmd_comp_notifier+0x7e/0xb0 [mlx5_core] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0xd7/0x1d0 mlx5_eq_async_int+0x3ce/0xa20 [mlx5_core] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0xd7/0x1d0 ? irq_release+0x140/0x140 [mlx5_core] irq_int_handler+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x1f2/0x620 handle_irq_event+0xb2/0x1d0 handle_edge_irq+0x21e/0xb00 __common_interrupt+0x79/0x1a0 common_interrupt+0x78/0xa0 </IRQ> <TASK> asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40 RIP: 0010:default_idle+0x42/0x60 Code: c1 83 e0 07 48 c1 e9 03 83 c0 03 0f b6 14 11 38 d0 7c 04 84 d2 75 14 8b 05 eb 47 22 02 85 c0 7e 07 0f 00 2d e0 9f 48 00 fb f4 <c3> 48 c7 c7 80 08 7f 85 e8 d1 d3 3e fe eb de 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 RSP: 0018:ffff888100dbfdf0 EFLAGS: 00000242 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffffffff84ecbd48 RCX: 1ffffffff0afe110 RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff835cc9bc RBP: 0000000000000005 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff88881dec4ac3 R10: ffffed1103bd8958 R11: 0000017d0ca571c9 R12: 0000000000000005 R13: ffffffff84f024e0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: dffffc0000000000 ? default_idle_call+0xcc/0x450 default_idle_call+0xec/0x450 do_idle+0x394/0x450 ? arch_cpu_idle_exit+0x40/0x40 ? do_idle+0x17/0x450 cpu_startup_entry+0x19/0x20 start_secondary+0x221/0x2b0 ? set_cpu_sibling_map+0x2070/0x2070 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xcd/0xdb </TASK> Allocated by task 49502: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 __kasan_kmalloc+0x81/0xa0 kvmalloc_node+0x48/0xe0 mlx5e_bulk_async_init+0x35/0x110 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_tls_priv_tx_list_cleanup+0x84/0x3e0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_ktls_cleanup_tx+0x38f/0x760 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_cleanup_nic_tx+0xa7/0x100 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_detach_netdev+0x1c ---truncated---

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.001650000 probability, percentile 0.061110000 (date 2026-08-06)

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected e355477ed9e4f401e3931043df97325d38552d54 69dd3ad406c49aa69ce4852c15231ac56af8caf9 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e355477ed9e4f401e3931043df97325d38552d54 bbcc06933f35651294ea1e963757502312c2171f git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e355477ed9e4f401e3931043df97325d38552d54 ab3de780c176bb91995c6166a576b370d9726e17 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e355477ed9e4f401e3931043df97325d38552d54 0aa3ee1e4e5c9ed5dda11249450d609c3072c54e git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e355477ed9e4f401e3931043df97325d38552d54 bacd22df95147ed673bec4692ab2d4d585935241 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.1 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.1 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.4.223 5.4.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.10.153 5.10.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.15.77 5.15.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.0.7 6.0.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.1 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbcc06933f35651294ea1e963757502312c2171f 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/bacd22df95147ed673bec4692ab2d4d585935241 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aa3ee1e4e5c9ed5dda11249450d609c3072c54e 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/69dd3ad406c49aa69ce4852c15231ac56af8caf9 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab3de780c176bb91995c6166a576b370d9726e17 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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