UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-98015
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
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.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18b2969073879b9cce24e1a78b118bdad54518d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/304ea40ef4561671503c36e47da44a0a31b71e36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ee07f601f8f507c9faf25c68a49396ab8950596
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e393789e92310d7c66f57c876101779c90816a12
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-09-25 via NVD.
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