CVE-2026-98895

net/mlx5: HWS, Handle destroying table that has a miss table

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: October 23, 2026 at 11:37 AM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 07:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: HWS, Handle destroying table that has a miss table If a table has a miss table that was created by 'mlx5hws_table_set_default_miss' API function, its miss_tbl keeps the table that points to it in a list. If such table is deleted, we need to also remove it from the miss_tbl list, otherwise the node in miss_tbl list will contain garbage.

Affected

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

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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

CVSS

7HIGHLinux
Vector?

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