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net/mlx5e: Don't call cleanup on profile rollback failure

Published Nov 7, 2024 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.15 Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

net/mlx5e: Don't call cleanup on profile rollback failure

When profile rollback fails in mlx5e_netdev_change_profile, the netdev
profile var is left set to NULL. Avoid a crash when unloading the driver
by not calling profile->cleanup in such a case.

This was encountered while testing, with the original trigger that
the wq rescuer thread creation got interrupted (presumably due to
Ctrl+C-ing modprobe), which gets converted to ENOMEM (-12) by
mlx5e_priv_init, the profile rollback also fails for the same reason
(signal still active) so the profile is left as NULL, leading to a crash
later in _mlx5e_remove.

[ 732.473932] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1: E-Switch: Unload vfs: mode(OFFLOADS), nvfs(2), necvfs(0), active vports(2)
[ 734.525513] workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq "mlx5e": -EINTR
[ 734.557372] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6235:(pid 6086): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12
[ 734.559187] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1 eth3: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: new profile init failed, -12
[ 734.560153] workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq "mlx5e": -EINTR
[ 734.589378] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6235:(pid 6086): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12
[ 734.591136] mlx5_core 0000:08:00.1 eth3: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: failed to rollback to orig profile, -12
[ 745.537492] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
[ 745.538222] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
<snipped>
[ 745.551290] Call Trace:
[ 745.551590] <TASK>
[ 745.551866] ? __die+0x20/0x60
[ 745.552218] ? page_fault_oops+0x150/0x400
[ 745.555307] ? exc_page_fault+0x79/0x240
[ 745.555729] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
[ 745.556166] ? mlx5e_remove+0x6b/0xb0 [mlx5_core]
[ 745.556698] auxiliary_bus_remove+0x18/0x30
[ 745.557134] device_release_driver_internal+0x1df/0x240
[ 745.557654] bus_remove_device+0xd7/0x140
[ 745.558075] device_del+0x15b/0x3c0
[ 745.558456] mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked.part.0+0xb1/0x2f0 [mlx5_core]
[ 745.559112] mlx5_unregister_device+0x34/0x50 [mlx5_core]
[ 745.559686] mlx5_uninit_one+0x46/0xf0 [mlx5_core]
[ 745.560203] remove_one+0x4e/0xd0 [mlx5_core]
[ 745.560694] pci_device_remove+0x39/0xa0
[ 745.561112] device_release_driver_internal+0x1df/0x240
[ 745.561631] driver_detach+0x47/0x90
[ 745.562022] bus_remove_driver+0x84/0x100
[ 745.562444] pci_unregister_driver+0x3b/0x90
[ 745.562890] mlx5_cleanup+0xc/0x1b [mlx5_core]
[ 745.563415] __x64_sys_delete_module+0x14d/0x2f0
[ 745.563886] ? kmem_cache_free+0x1b0/0x460
[ 745.564313] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xe2/0x190
[ 745.564825] do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x140
[ 745.565223] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
[ 745.565725] RIP: 0033:0x7f1579b1288b

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.12 6.1.123

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 6.11.6-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.11.6-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.123-1 —
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.128-1~deb11u1 DLA-4076-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-58.60 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1027.29 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1027.32 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.11 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1014.15 USN-7468-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1028.30 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1023.27 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1010.12 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1026.29 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1026.29.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1015.15 USN-7310-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1026.26 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1024.25 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1028.32 USN-7524-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-58.60.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +49 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1 USN-7451-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1027.32~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1 USN-7452-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-58.60~22.04.1 USN-7449-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1024.24~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1026.29~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1024.25~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 +1 6.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +27 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2023.24 USN-7523-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1020.21 USN-7453-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1020.21~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 +10 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.9.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4387-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.75.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4376-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1.150500.6.39.4 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1.150500.6.39.4 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.79.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_6 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6 1-150600.13.3.5 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_23 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_21 1-150500.11.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.79.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source 6.11.8-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source-longterm 6.12.11-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.20.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.75.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4376-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.79.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.79.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.124-134.200 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-809
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.124-134.200.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-809

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.82.1-1 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel No fix yet —

Advisories 27

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