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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2025-21675 EUVD-2025-2624GHSA-wfp2-gq58-rf57

net/mlx5: Clear port select structure when fail to create

Published Jan 31, 2025 · Updated May 11, 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-5.19 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-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 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-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 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-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-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 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-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 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-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-5.3 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-5.19 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-xilinx Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

net/mlx5: Clear port select structure when fail to create

Clear the port select structure on error so no stale values left after
definers are destroyed. That's because the mlx5_lag_destroy_definers()
always try to destroy all lag definers in the tt_map, so in the flow
below lag definers get double-destroyed and cause kernel crash:

mlx5_lag_port_sel_create()
mlx5_lag_create_definers()
mlx5_lag_create_definer() <- Failed on tt 1
mlx5_lag_destroy_definers() <- definers[tt=0] gets destroyed
mlx5_lag_port_sel_create()
mlx5_lag_create_definers()
mlx5_lag_create_definer() <- Failed on tt 0
mlx5_lag_destroy_definers() <- definers[tt=0] gets double-destroyed

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000005
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005, ISS2 = 0x00000000
CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
user pgtable: 64k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000112ce2e00
[0000000000000008] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in: iptable_raw bonding ip_gre ip6_gre gre ip6_tunnel tunnel6 geneve ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel ipip tunnel4 ip_tunnel rdma_ucm(OE) rdma_cm(OE) iw_cm(OE) ib_ipoib(OE) ib_cm(OE) ib_umad(OE) mlx5_ib(OE) ib_uverbs(OE) mlx5_fwctl(OE) fwctl(OE) mlx5_core(OE) mlxdevm(OE) ib_core(OE) mlxfw(OE) memtrack(OE) mlx_compat(OE) openvswitch nsh nf_conncount psample xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xfrm_user xfrm_algo xt_addrtype iptable_filter iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 br_netfilter bridge stp llc netconsole overlay efi_pstore sch_fq_codel zram ip_tables crct10dif_ce qemu_fw_cfg fuse ipv6 crc_ccitt [last unloaded: mlx_compat(OE)]
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 217 Comm: kworker/u53:2 Tainted: G OE 6.11.0+ #2
Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
Workqueue: mlx5_lag mlx5_do_bond_work [mlx5_core]
pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : mlx5_del_flow_rules+0x24/0x2c0 [mlx5_core]
lr : mlx5_lag_destroy_definer+0x54/0x100 [mlx5_core]
sp : ffff800085fafb00
x29: ffff800085fafb00 x28: ffff0000da0c8000 x27: 0000000000000000
x26: ffff0000da0c8000 x25: ffff0000da0c8000 x24: ffff0000da0c8000
x23: ffff0000c31f81a0 x22: 0400000000000000 x21: ffff0000da0c8000
x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000001 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000ffff8b0c9350
x14: 0000000000000000 x13: ffff800081390d18 x12: ffff800081dc3cc0
x11: 0000000000000001 x10: 0000000000000b10 x9 : ffff80007ab7304c
x8 : ffff0000d00711f0 x7 : 0000000000000004 x6 : 0000000000000190
x5 : ffff00027edb3010 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : ffff0000d39b8000 x1 : ffff0000d39b8000 x0 : 0400000000000000
Call trace:
mlx5_del_flow_rules+0x24/0x2c0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_lag_destroy_definer+0x54/0x100 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_lag_destroy_definers+0xa0/0x108 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_lag_port_sel_create+0x2d4/0x6f8 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_activate_lag+0x60c/0x6f8 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_do_bond_work+0x284/0x5c8 [mlx5_core]
process_one_work+0x170/0x3e0
worker_thread+0x2d8/0x3e0
kthread+0x11c/0x128
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Code: a9025bf5 aa0003f6 a90363f7 f90023f9 (f9400400)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.16 6.1.127

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 6.12.11-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.11-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.128-1 DSA-5860-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.128-1~deb11u1 DLA-4076-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-62.65 USN-7595-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1030.32 USN-7595-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1030.35 USN-7596-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1018.19 USN-7596-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1031.33 USN-7595-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 +1 6.11.0-1013.13~24.04.1 USN-7448-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1026.30 USN-7595-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1013.15 USN-7595-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-24.24~24.04.1 USN-7445-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1027.27 USN-7595-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-62.65.1 USN-7595-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-1012.13~24.04.1 USN-7445-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1029.32 USN-7595-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1029.32.1 USN-7595-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1020.20 USN-7445-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1029.29 USN-7595-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1027.28 USN-7595-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1029.33 USN-7595-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1030.32~22.04.1 USN-7595-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1030.35~22.04.1 USN-7596-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1031.33~22.04.1 USN-7595-5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-64.67~22.04.1 USN-7653-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1027.27~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-62.65.1~22.04.1 USN-7595-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1029.32~22.04.1 USN-7595-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1027.28~22.04.1 USN-7595-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-62.65~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2024.25 USN-7595-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1023.24 USN-7595-2
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1023.24~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0847-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0564-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1.150600.12.16.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 +1 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20260-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20260-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 +1 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_8 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_8 1-150600.13.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0847-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1.150600.12.16.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.127-135.201 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-823
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.127-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-823

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.76.1-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480

Advisories 24

References