CVE-2026-64522

net/mlx5e: Fix eswitch mode block underflow on IPsec acquire SA

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2026 at 09:14 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix eswitch mode block underflow on IPsec acquire SA mlx5e_xfrm_add_state() handles acquire-flow temporary SAs by allocating software state and skipping hardware offload setup. That path jumps to the common success label before taking the eswitch mode block. After tunnel-mode validation was moved earlier, the common success label unconditionally calls mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(). For acquire SAs, this decrements esw->offloads.num_block_mode without a matching increment. Return directly after installing the acquire SA offload handle, so only the paths that successfully called mlx5_eswitch_block_mode() call the matching unblock.

Affected

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

22239eb258bc1e6ccdb2d3502fce1cc2b2a883866.17.46.18993c4ba71596c30418ba5a0ddcf4f9c2f431466a
Vendor states this is fixed in abe003b33223ff33552f291644bf35d9c2f992fb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b5bd4249e430f5963d559708ee96a671716d2400 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ecafd8284e527666e83261e6e57a7c7341d591cb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.34 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-190

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