CVE-2026-98015 PUBLISHED

net/mlx5: E-Switch: fix use-after-free in mlx5_eswitch_termtbl_put

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5: E-Switch: fix use-after-free in mlx5_eswitch_termtbl_put

In mlx5_eswitch_termtbl_put(), the zero-ref cleanup check reads tt->ref_count after termtbl_mutex has been released. Two concurrent callers on the same mlx5_termtbl_handle race: one decrements ref_count to zero, removes the hash entry, and calls kfree(tt) while the other has already dropped the mutex and is about to evaluate if (!tt->ref_count), producing a use-after-free.

Fix this by capturing the result of the decrement into a stack-local last variable before dropping the mutex. The cleanup decision is now made entirely under termtbl_mutex, and tt is not touched after kfree.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427 to 304ea40ef4561671503c36e47da44a0a31b71e36 (excl.)
  • affected from 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427 to e393789e92310d7c66f57c876101779c90816a12 (excl.)
  • affected from 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427 to 18b2969073879b9cce24e1a78b118bdad54518d1 (excl.)
  • affected from 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427 to 7ee07f601f8f507c9faf25c68a49396ab8950596 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.3 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.3 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.111 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.53 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc3 to * (incl.)

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