CVE-2026-80739

net/mlx5e: TC, Check if flow is PEER before acquiring devcom lock

N/A
Published: September 3, 2026 at 08:21 AM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 12:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: TC, Check if flow is PEER before acquiring devcom lock In case __mlx5e_add_fdb_flow() fails in lower levels, the flow is deleted via mlx5e_tc_del_flow(), and mlx5e_tc_del_flow() is acquiring ESW devcom lock without condition. In addition, in case of peer_flow, __mlx5e_add_fdb_flow() is called while holding ESW devcom comp lock. This results in an AA deadlock. To fix this, introduce a new PEER flag that is set on flows created as peer flows (the duplicate flows on peer devices), and check it in mlx5e_tc_del_flow() before acquiring ESW devcom lock. Lockdep splat: ============================================ WARNING: possible recursive locking detected ============================================ Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(&comp->lock_key#2); lock(&comp->lock_key#2); *** DEADLOCK *** Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x69/0xa0 print_deadlock_bug.cold+0xbd/0xca __lock_acquire+0x1671/0x2ec0 lock_acquire+0x10e/0x2e0 down_read+0x95/0x430 mlx5_devcom_for_each_peer_begin+0x4e/0xe0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_tc_del_flow+0x11d/0xa70 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_flow_put+0x99/0x100 [mlx5_core] __mlx5e_add_fdb_flow+0x409/0xf00 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_configure_flower+0x2a86/0x4100 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_rep_setup_tc_cls_flower+0x12f/0x1b0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_rep_setup_tc_cb+0x153/0x750 [mlx5_core] tc_setup_cb_add+0x1dc/0x470 fl_change+0x2f4d/0x626d [cls_flower] tc_new_tfilter+0x79b/0x2310 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x778/0xad0 do_syscall_64+0x70/0x960 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 </TASK>

Affected

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

04de7dda7394fa9c2b0fc9cec65661d9b4f0d04d4de7dda7394fa9c2b0fc9cec65661d9b4f0d4d5.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 585df8643081e6f616579bc52cd49ac823a57c82 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 607adbda01053abf5f93e322fe39325da8828cb8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6ddfba2ea98db21b001e0e5c472499156224650c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7165fe321c61ec138850c02f030f274797761f5f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ff9e7d5e3500be389ce7a0e46db3a77149830bc9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.191 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.104 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.45 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.152 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

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