Answer in brief
CVE-2026-43468 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in net/mlx5: Fix deadlock between devlink lock and esw->wq. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
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Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e <0de867f6e34eae6907b367fd152c55e61cb98608 || >=f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e <957d2a58f7f8ebcbdd0a85935e0d2675134b890d || >=f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e <3c7313cb41b1b427078440364d2f042c276a1c0b || >=f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e <4a7838bebc38374f74baaf88bf2cf8d439a92923 || >=f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e <90e7e5d14d0bd25ffd019a3aa39d9f1c05fedbe1 || >=f1bc646c9a06f09aad5d8bacb87103b5573ee45e <aed763abf0e905b4b8d747d1ba9e172961572f57 | 0de867f6e34eae6907b367fd152c55e61cb98608, 957d2a58f7f8ebcbdd0a85935e0d2675134b890d, 3c7313cb41b1b427078440364d2f042c276a1c0b, 4a7838bebc38374f74baaf88bf2cf8d439a92923, 90e7e5d14d0bd25ffd019a3aa39d9f1c05fedbe1, aed763abf0e905b4b8d747d1ba9e172961572f57 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
May 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 6, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 6, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix deadlock between devlink lock and esw->wq esw->work_queue executes esw_functions_changed_event_handler -> esw_vfs_changed_event_handler and acquires the devlink lock. .eswitch_mode_set (acquires devlink lock in devlink_nl_pre_doit) -> mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set -> mlx5_eswitch_disable_locked -> mlx5_eswitch_event_handler_unregister -> flush_workqueue deadlocks when esw_vfs_changed_event_handler executes. Fix that by no longer flushing the work to avoid the deadlock, and using a generation counter to keep track of work relevance. This avoids an old handler manipulating an esw that has undergone one or more mode changes: - the counter is incremented in mlx5_eswitch_event_handler_unregister. - the counter is read and passed to the ephemeral mlx5_host_work struct. - the work handler takes the devlink lock and bails out if the current generation is different than the one it was scheduled to operate on. - mlx5_eswitch_cleanup does the final draining before destroying the wq. No longer flushing the workqueue has the side effect of maybe no longer cancelling pending vport_change_handler work items, but that's ok since those are disabled elsewhere: - mlx5_eswitch_disable_locked disables the vport eq notifier. - mlx5_esw_vport_disable disarms the HW EQ notification and marks vport->enabled under state_lock to false to prevent pending vport handler from doing anything. - mlx5_eswitch_cleanup destroys the workqueue and makes sure all events are disabled/finished.
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