CVE-2026-43147

Revert "PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove locking when enabling/disabling SR-IOV"

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 6, 2026 at 11:27 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove locking when enabling/disabling SR-IOV" This reverts commit 05703271c3cd ("PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove locking when enabling/disabling SR-IOV"), which causes a deadlock by recursively taking pci_rescan_remove_lock when sriov_del_vfs() is called as part of pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device(). For example with the following sequence of commands: $ echo <NUM> > /sys/bus/pci/devices/<pf>/sriov_numvfs $ echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/<pf>/remove A trimmed trace of the deadlock on a mlx5 device is as below: zsh/5715 is trying to acquire lock: 000002597926ef50 (pci_rescan_remove_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: sriov_disable+0x34/0x140 but task is already holding lock: 000002597926ef50 (pci_rescan_remove_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x24/0x80 ... Call Trace: [<00000259778c4f90>] dump_stack_lvl+0xc0/0x110 [<00000259779c844e>] print_deadlock_bug+0x31e/0x330 [<00000259779c1908>] __lock_acquire+0x16c8/0x32f0 [<00000259779bffac>] lock_acquire+0x14c/0x350 [<00000259789643a6>] __mutex_lock_common+0xe6/0x1520 [<000002597896413c>] mutex_lock_nested+0x3c/0x50 [<00000259784a07e4>] sriov_disable+0x34/0x140 [<00000258f7d6dd80>] mlx5_sriov_disable+0x50/0x80 [mlx5_core] [<00000258f7d5745e>] remove_one+0x5e/0xf0 [mlx5_core] [<00000259784857fc>] pci_device_remove+0x3c/0xa0 [<000002597851012e>] device_release_driver_internal+0x18e/0x280 [<000002597847ae22>] pci_stop_bus_device+0x82/0xa0 [<000002597847afce>] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x5e/0x80 [<00000259784972c2>] remove_store+0x72/0x90 [<0000025977e6661a>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x15a/0x200 [<0000025977d7241c>] vfs_write+0x24c/0x300 [<0000025977d72696>] ksys_write+0x86/0x110 [<000002597895b61c>] __do_syscall+0x14c/0x400 [<000002597896e0ee>] system_call+0x6e/0x90 This alone is not a complete fix as it restores the issue the cited commit tried to solve. A new fix will be provided as a follow on.

Affected

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

v ≥ 5.4.301v ≥ 6.17.45.10.246 ≤ v < 5.10.2525.15.195 ≤ v < 5.15.2025.4.301 ≤ v < 5.56.1.157 ≤ v < 6.1.1656.12.54 ≤ v < 6.12.756.17.4 ≤ v < 6.186.17.4 ≤ v < 6.18.166.18 ≤ v < 6.18.166.18 ≤ v < 6.19.66.18 ≤ v < 7.06.19 ≤ v < 6.19.66.6.113 ≤ v < 6.6.1281e8a80290f964bdbad225221c8a1594c7e01c8fd36039348bca77828bf06eae41b8f76e38cd158475.10.2465.15.1955.4.30153154cd40ccf285f1d1c24367824082061d155bd5703271c3cdcc0f2a8cf6ebdc45892b8ca835205c1cd7d405e94dc6cb320cc0cc092b74895b6ddf6.1.1576.12.546.17.46.186.6.113a24219172456f035d886857e265ca24c85b167c8a645ca21de09e3137cbb224fa6c23cca873a1d01ee40e5db052d7c6f406fdb95ad639c894c74674c
Vendor states this is fixed in 0de341b2365bad430aade0853fe09c2cbe468f59 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2fa119c0e5e528453ebae9e70740e8d2d8c0ed5a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 40f67686a5002c0c322fac918406bbc8d9c2ec2f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 58677783c89681871077f50a7042b0c6380c4fd8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 639265296fe6ee21b6f00e00ee2bab65f3b07252 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 83651d37474c762920e345a3a0828f975ca4d732 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d47f27e145f8bd13f3c230da5e3af29225b4a2f7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f61cdd7e9b67bb8961b0a81bf294b78343e5db05 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.252 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.202 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.165 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.75 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.128 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-667

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