Critical severity · published Jul 19, 2026
CVE-2026-64122
net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free in mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free in mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover
mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover() accesses sq->netdev after
mlx5e_safe_reopen_channels() has torn down and freed the channel (and
its embedded SQs). Replace the three sq->netdev references with
priv->netdev which is safe because priv outlives channel teardown.
The netdev_err() call already used priv->netdev for this reason; make
the trylock/unlock and health_channel_eq_recover calls consistent.
This fixes the following KASAN splat:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover+0x1dd/0x360 [mlx5_core]
Read of size 8 at addr ffff889860ed0b28 by task kworker/u113:2/5277
Call Trace:
mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover+0x1dd/0x360 [mlx5_core]
devlink_health_reporter_recover+0xa2/0x150
devlink_health_report+0x254/0x7c0
mlx5e_reporter_tx_timeout+0x297/0x380 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_tx_timeout_work+0x109/0x170 [mlx5_core]
process_one_work+0x677/0xf20
worker_thread+0x51f/0xd90
kthread+0x3a5/0x810
ret_from_fork+0x208/0x400
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.18.14 before 6.18.34; 6.19.4 before 7.0.11; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
4329514c61abefe4961541b128c549b017bab5ad before 1604a2d68414aa4cc34faac0b7faa9c14455e8d3; 83ac0304a2d77519dae1e54c9713cbe1aedf19c9 before 152295aa7dc2c5e046606f7dadc84fce41136446; 83ac0304a2d77519dae1e54c9713cbe1aedf19c9 before 7d260c5d2d89eb2c8c528d54b576b3aae3e20231; 63f9d5fb4d8040077df801ca3270e2f02d55e0d9; 6.18.14 before 6.18.34; 6.19.4 before 6.20; +1 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64122
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64122
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/152295aa7dc2c5e046606f7dadc84fce41136446
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1604a2d68414aa4cc34faac0b7faa9c14455e8d3
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d260c5d2d89eb2c8c528d54b576b3aae3e20231
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