{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-43199","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-05-01T14:12:55.992Z","datePublished":"2026-05-06T11:28:06.232Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:19:45.756Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:19:45.756Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Fix \"scheduling while atomic\" in IPsec MAC address query\n\nFix a \"scheduling while atomic\" bug in mlx5e_ipsec_init_macs() by\nreplacing mlx5_query_mac_address() with ether_addr_copy() to get the\nlocal MAC address directly from netdev->dev_addr.\n\nThe issue occurs because mlx5_query_mac_address() queries the hardware\nwhich involves mlx5_cmd_exec() that can sleep, but it is called from\nthe mlx5e_ipsec_handle_event workqueue which runs in atomic context.\n\nThe MAC address is already available in netdev->dev_addr, so no need\nto query hardware. This avoids the sleeping call and resolves the bug.\n\nCall trace:\n  BUG: scheduling while atomic: kworker/u112:2/69344/0x00000200\n  __schedule+0x7ab/0xa20\n  schedule+0x1c/0xb0\n  schedule_timeout+0x6e/0xf0\n  __wait_for_common+0x91/0x1b0\n  cmd_exec+0xa85/0xff0 [mlx5_core]\n  mlx5_cmd_exec+0x1f/0x50 [mlx5_core]\n  mlx5_query_nic_vport_mac_address+0x7b/0xd0 [mlx5_core]\n  mlx5_query_mac_address+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core]\n  mlx5e_ipsec_init_macs+0xc1/0x720 [mlx5_core]\n  mlx5e_ipsec_build_accel_xfrm_attrs+0x422/0x670 [mlx5_core]\n  mlx5e_ipsec_handle_event+0x2b9/0x460 [mlx5_core]\n  process_one_work+0x178/0x2e0\n  worker_thread+0x2ea/0x430"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"}}],"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_accel/ipsec.c"],"versions":[{"version":"cee137a634318bfbda18ee5af45d300153b57fa5","lessThan":"e1407fb7c337373dfaaae2445d828b0b9ae26a29","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"cee137a634318bfbda18ee5af45d300153b57fa5","lessThan":"57957bc7f1865778ec9b1618e15515feb6df7eb4","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"cee137a634318bfbda18ee5af45d300153b57fa5","lessThan":"546de94e41e92e1f7dc6213615fb7c794d05db98","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"cee137a634318bfbda18ee5af45d300153b57fa5","lessThan":"859380694f434597407632c29f30fdb5e763e6cc","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_accel/ipsec.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.75","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.16","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19.6","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","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":"6.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.75"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.16"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.19.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.2","versionEndExcluding":"7.0"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1407fb7c337373dfaaae2445d828b0b9ae26a29"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57957bc7f1865778ec9b1618e15515feb6df7eb4"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/546de94e41e92e1f7dc6213615fb7c794d05db98"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/859380694f434597407632c29f30fdb5e763e6cc"}],"title":"net/mlx5e: Fix \"scheduling while atomic\" in IPsec MAC address query","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}