Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-64522

Linux Linux

net/mlx5e: Fix eswitch mode block underflow on IPsec acquire SA

CVSS 3.1
8.8High

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix eswitch mode block underflow on IPsec acquire SA mlx5e_xfrm_add_state() handles acquire-flow temporary SAs by allocating software state and skipping hardware offload setup. That path jumps to the common success label before taking the eswitch mode block. After tunnel-mode validation was moved earlier, the common success label unconditionally calls mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(). For acquire SAs, this decrements esw->offloads.num_block_mode without a matching increment. Return directly after installing the acquire SA offload handle, so only the paths that successfully called mlx5_eswitch_block_mode() call the matching unblock.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 6.18 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 993c4ba71596c30418ba5a0ddcf4f9c2f431466a CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 22239eb258bc1e6ccdb2d3502fce1cc2b2a88386 ≤ v < b5bd4249e430f5963d559708ee96a671716d2400 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 22239eb258bc1e6ccdb2d3502fce1cc2b2a88386 ≤ v < ecafd8284e527666e83261e6e57a7c7341d591cb CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 22239eb258bc1e6ccdb2d3502fce1cc2b2a88386 ≤ v < abe003b33223ff33552f291644bf35d9c2f992fb CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 6.17.4 ≤ v < 6.18 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-07-25
Last updated
2026-10-20
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.51%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
43.9%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-190
    Integer Overflow or Wraparound