Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-64522
net/mlx5e: Fix eswitch mode block underflow on IPsec acquire SA
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
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
3Details
- Published
- 2026-07-25
- Last updated
- 2026-10-20
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- Linux
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-190Integer Overflow or Wraparound