In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: Fix "scheduling while atomic" in IPsec MAC address query
Fix a "scheduling while atomic" bug in mlx5e_ipsec_init_macs() by
replacing mlx5_query_mac_address() with ether_addr_copy() to get the
local MAC address directly from netdev->dev_addr.
The issue occurs because mlx5_query_mac_address() queries the hardware
which involves mlx5_cmd_exec() that can sleep, but it is called from
the mlx5e_ipsec_handle_event workqueue which runs in atomic context.
The MAC address is already available in netdev->dev_addr, so no need
to query hardware. This avoids the sleeping call and resolves the bug.
Call trace:
BUG: scheduling while atomic: kworker/u112:2/69344/0x00000200
__schedule+0x7ab/0xa20
schedule+0x1c/0xb0
schedule_timeout+0x6e/0xf0
__wait_for_common+0x91/0x1b0
cmd_exec+0xa85/0xff0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_cmd_exec+0x1f/0x50 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_query_nic_vport_mac_address+0x7b/0xd0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_query_mac_address+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_ipsec_init_macs+0xc1/0x720 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_ipsec_build_accel_xfrm_attrs+0x422/0x670 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_ipsec_handle_event+0x2b9/0x460 [mlx5_core]
process_one_work+0x178/0x2e0
worker_thread+0x2ea/0x430