CVE-2025-40250

net/mlx5: Clean up only new IRQ glue on request_irq() failure

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 4, 2025 at 04:08 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelRUGGEDCOM RST2428P Firmware

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Clean up only new IRQ glue on request_irq() failure The mlx5_irq_alloc() function can inadvertently free the entire rmap and end up in a crash[1] when the other threads tries to access this, when request_irq() fails due to exhausted IRQ vectors. This commit modifies the cleanup to remove only the specific IRQ mapping that was just added. This prevents removal of other valid mappings and ensures precise cleanup of the failed IRQ allocation's associated glue object. Note: This error is observed when both fwctl and rds configs are enabled. [1] mlx5_core 0000:05:00.0: Successfully registered panic handler for port 1 mlx5_core 0000:05:00.0: mlx5_irq_alloc:293:(pid 66740): Failed to request irq. err = -28 infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_ib_test_wc:290:(pid 66740): Error -28 while trying to test write-combining support mlx5_core 0000:05:00.0: Successfully unregistered panic handler for port 1 mlx5_core 0000:06:00.0: Successfully registered panic handler for port 1 mlx5_core 0000:06:00.0: mlx5_irq_alloc:293:(pid 66740): Failed to request irq. err = -28 infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_ib_test_wc:290:(pid 66740): Error -28 while trying to test write-combining support mlx5_core 0000:06:00.0: Successfully unregistered panic handler for port 1 mlx5_core 0000:03:00.0: mlx5_irq_alloc:293:(pid 28895): Failed to request irq. err = -28 mlx5_core 0000:05:00.0: mlx5_irq_alloc:293:(pid 28895): Failed to request irq. err = -28 general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xe277a58fde16f291: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI RIP: 0010:free_irq_cpu_rmap+0x23/0x7d Call Trace: <TASK> ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1d6/0x2f9 ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1d6/0x2f9 ? mlx5_irq_alloc.cold+0x5d/0xf3 [mlx5_core] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xa ? die_addr+0x39/0x53 ? exc_general_protection+0x1c4/0x3e9 ? dev_vprintk_emit+0x5f/0x90 ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x22/0x27 ? free_irq_cpu_rmap+0x23/0x7d mlx5_irq_alloc.cold+0x5d/0xf3 [mlx5_core] irq_pool_request_vector+0x7d/0x90 [mlx5_core] mlx5_irq_request+0x2e/0xe0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_irq_request_vector+0xad/0xf7 [mlx5_core] comp_irq_request_pci+0x64/0xf0 [mlx5_core] create_comp_eq+0x71/0x385 [mlx5_core] ? mlx5e_open_xdpsq+0x11c/0x230 [mlx5_core] mlx5_comp_eqn_get+0x72/0x90 [mlx5_core] ? xas_load+0x8/0x91 mlx5_comp_irqn_get+0x40/0x90 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_open_channel+0x7d/0x3c7 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_open_channels+0xad/0x250 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_open_locked+0x3e/0x110 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_open+0x23/0x70 [mlx5_core] __dev_open+0xf1/0x1a5 __dev_change_flags+0x1e1/0x249 dev_change_flags+0x21/0x5c do_setlink+0x28b/0xcc4 ? __nla_parse+0x22/0x3d ? inet6_validate_link_af+0x6b/0x108 ? cpumask_next+0x1f/0x35 ? __snmp6_fill_stats64.constprop.0+0x66/0x107 ? __nla_validate_parse+0x48/0x1e6 __rtnl_newlink+0x5ff/0xa57 ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x164/0x2ce rtnl_newlink+0x44/0x6e rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x2bb/0x362 ? __netlink_sendskb+0x4c/0x6c ? netlink_unicast+0x28f/0x2ce ? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x150/0x146 netlink_rcv_skb+0x5f/0x112 netlink_unicast+0x213/0x2ce netlink_sendmsg+0x24f/0x4d9 __sock_sendmsg+0x65/0x6a ____sys_sendmsg+0x28f/0x2c9 ? import_iovec+0x17/0x2b ___sys_sendmsg+0x97/0xe0 __sys_sendmsg+0x81/0xd8 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x87 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x0 RIP: 0033:0x7fc328603727 Code: c3 66 90 41 54 41 89 d4 55 48 89 f5 53 89 fb 48 83 ec 10 e8 0b ed ff ff 44 89 e2 48 89 ee 89 df 41 89 c0 b8 2e 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 35 44 89 c7 48 89 44 24 08 e8 44 ed ff ff 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffe8eb3f1a0 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000000d RCX: 00007fc328603727 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffe8eb3f1f0 RDI: 000000000000000d RBP: 00007ffe8eb3f1f0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00000000000 ---truncated---

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3354822cde5a9f72aa725b3c619188b149a71a336.4
Vendor states this is fixed in 4d6b4bea8b80bfa13c903ba547538249e7c5e977 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 69e043bce09c9a77e5f55b9ac7505874a2a1a9f0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6ebd02cf2dde11b86f89ea4c9f55179eab30d4ee (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d47515af6cccd7484d8b0870376858c9848a18ec (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.60 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.118 (unaffected)
v < V4.0
Affected range stops below V4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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