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

Published Dec 24, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In 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---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.1 5.4.223

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.0.7-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.0.7-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.0.7-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1014.16 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-60.66 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1030.34 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1033.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1033.40.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1029.36 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1027.32 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1015.19 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1025.28 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1025.30 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1028.33 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1017.17 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1029.35 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1024.26 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-139.156 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1096.104 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1030.34~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1103.109 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1033.40~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1058.64 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1100.109 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1029.36~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-60.66~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1044.49 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1025.30~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1012.14 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1086.92 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1093.102 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1029.35~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1080.91 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1029.33~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1021.25 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1096.104~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1103.109~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1100.109~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-139.156~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1044.49~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1093.102~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1080.91~18.04.1 —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1096.104+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1103.109+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1072.81 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1100.109+fips1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
RHEL 9 perf +48 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 RHSA-2023:2951
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
Show 10 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.232.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0369-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.232.1.150300.18.138.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0369-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.232.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0350-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_34 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_48 1-150400.9.7.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3 SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

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