{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-22996","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-01-13T15:37:45.938Z","datePublished":"2026-01-25T14:36:11.195Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:57:59.278Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:57:59.278Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Don't store mlx5e_priv in mlx5e_dev devlink priv\n\nmlx5e_priv is an unstable structure that can be memset(0) if profile\nattaching fails, mlx5e_priv in mlx5e_dev devlink private is used to\nreference the netdev and mdev associated with that struct. Instead,\nstore netdev directly into mlx5e_dev and get mdev from the containing\nmlx5_adev aux device structure.\n\nThis fixes a kernel oops in mlx5e_remove when switchdev mode fails due\nto change profile failure.\n\n$ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:00:03.0 mode switchdev\nError: mlx5_core: Failed setting eswitch to offloads.\ndmesg:\nworkqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq \"mlx5e\": -EINTR\nmlx5_core 0012:03:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6214:(pid 37199): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12\nmlx5_core 0012:03:00.1 gpu3rdma1: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: new profile init failed, -12\nworkqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq \"mlx5e\": -EINTR\nmlx5_core 0012:03:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6214:(pid 37199): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12\nmlx5_core 0012:03:00.1 gpu3rdma1: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: failed to rollback to orig profile, -12\n\n$ devlink dev reload pci/0000:00:03.0 ==> oops\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000520\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\nCPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 521 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.18.0-rc5+ #117 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:mlx5e_remove+0x68/0x130\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900034838f0 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: ffff88810283c380 RBX: ffff888101874400 RCX: ffffffff826ffc45\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000\nRBP: ffff888102d789c0 R08: ffff8881007137f0 R09: ffff888100264e10\nR10: ffffc90003483898 R11: ffffc900034838a0 R12: ffff888100d261a0\nR13: ffff888100d261a0 R14: ffff8881018749a0 R15: ffff888101874400\nFS:  00007f8565fea740(0000) GS:ffff88856a759000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 0000000000000520 CR3: 000000010b11a004 CR4: 0000000000370ef0\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n device_release_driver_internal+0x19c/0x200\n bus_remove_device+0xc6/0x130\n device_del+0x160/0x3d0\n ? devl_param_driverinit_value_get+0x2d/0x90\n mlx5_detach_device+0x89/0xe0\n mlx5_unload_one_devl_locked+0x3a/0x70\n mlx5_devlink_reload_down+0xc8/0x220\n devlink_reload+0x7d/0x260\n devlink_nl_reload_doit+0x45b/0x5a0\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe8/0x140"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h","drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c"],"versions":[{"version":"c4d7eb57687f358cd498ea3624519236af8db97e","lessThan":"dcb2ad755a16cb0ecd2dc98234d71a6e216ae7fe","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c4d7eb57687f358cd498ea3624519236af8db97e","lessThan":"a3d4f87d41f5140f1cf5c02fce5cdad2637f6244","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c4d7eb57687f358cd498ea3624519236af8db97e","lessThan":"123eda2e5b1638e298e3a66bb1e64a8da92de5e1","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h","drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.67","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.7","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.67"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.19"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcb2ad755a16cb0ecd2dc98234d71a6e216ae7fe"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d4f87d41f5140f1cf5c02fce5cdad2637f6244"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/123eda2e5b1638e298e3a66bb1e64a8da92de5e1"}],"title":"net/mlx5e: Don't store mlx5e_priv in mlx5e_dev devlink priv","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}