In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5e: Move representor neigh cleanup to profile cleanup_tx

For IP tunnel encapsulation in ECMP (Equal-Cost Multipath) mode, as
the flow is duplicated to the peer eswitch, the related neighbour
information on the peer uplink representor is created as well.

In the cited commit, eswitch devcom unpair is moved to uplink unload
API, specifically the profile->cleanup_tx. If there is a encap rule
offloaded in ECMP mode, when one eswitch does unpair (because of
unloading the driver, for instance), and the peer rule from the peer
eswitch is going to be deleted, the use-after-free error is triggered
while accessing neigh info, as it is already cleaned up in uplink's
profile->disable, which is before its profile->cleanup_tx.

To fix this issue, move the neigh cleanup to profile's cleanup_tx
callback, and after mlx5e_cleanup_uplink_rep_tx is called. The neigh
init is moved to init_tx for symmeter.

[ 2453.376299] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release+0x109/0x3a0 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.379125] Read of size 4 at addr ffff888127af9008 by task modprobe/2496

[ 2453.381542] CPU: 7 PID: 2496 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G B 6.4.0-rc7+ #15
[ 2453.383386] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 2453.384335] Call Trace:
[ 2453.384625] <TASK>
[ 2453.384891] dump_stack_lvl+0x33/0x50
[ 2453.385285] print_report+0xc2/0x610
[ 2453.385667] ? __virt_addr_valid+0xb1/0x130
[ 2453.386091] ? mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release+0x109/0x3a0 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.386757] kasan_report+0xae/0xe0
[ 2453.387123] ? mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release+0x109/0x3a0 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.387798] mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release+0x109/0x3a0 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.388465] mlx5e_rep_encap_entry_detach+0xa6/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.389111] mlx5e_encap_dealloc+0xa7/0x100 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.389706] mlx5e_tc_tun_encap_dests_unset+0x61/0xb0 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.390361] mlx5_free_flow_attr_actions+0x11e/0x340 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.391015] ? complete_all+0x43/0xd0
[ 2453.391398] ? free_flow_post_acts+0x38/0x120 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.392004] mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_flow+0x4ae/0x690 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.392618] mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_peers_flow+0x308/0x370 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.393276] mlx5e_tc_clean_fdb_peer_flows+0xf5/0x140 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.393925] mlx5_esw_offloads_unpair+0x86/0x540 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.394546] ? mlx5_esw_offloads_set_ns_peer.isra.0+0x180/0x180 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.395268] ? down_write+0xaa/0x100
[ 2453.395652] mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_event+0x203/0x530 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.396317] mlx5_devcom_send_event+0xbb/0x190 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.396917] mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_cleanup+0xb0/0xd0 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.397582] mlx5e_tc_esw_cleanup+0x42/0x120 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.398182] mlx5e_rep_tc_cleanup+0x15/0x30 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.398768] mlx5e_cleanup_rep_tx+0x6c/0x80 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.399367] mlx5e_detach_netdev+0xee/0x120 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.399957] mlx5e_netdev_change_profile+0x84/0x170 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.400598] mlx5e_vport_rep_unload+0xe0/0xf0 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.403781] mlx5_eswitch_unregister_vport_reps+0x15e/0x190 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.404479] ? mlx5_eswitch_register_vport_reps+0x200/0x200 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.405170] ? up_write+0x39/0x60
[ 2453.405529] ? kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0xb7/0xe0
[ 2453.405985] auxiliary_bus_remove+0x2e/0x40
[ 2453.406405] device_release_driver_internal+0x243/0x2d0
[ 2453.406900] ? kobject_put+0x42/0x2d0
[ 2453.407284] bus_remove_device+0x128/0x1d0
[ 2453.407687] device_del+0x240/0x550
[ 2453.408053] ? waiting_for_supplier_show+0xe0/0xe0
[ 2453.408511] ? kobject_put+0xfa/0x2d0
[ 2453.408889] ? __kmem_cache_free+0x14d/0x280
[ 2453.409310] mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked.part.0+0xcd/0x2b0 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.409973] mlx5_unregister_device+0x40/0x50 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.410561] mlx5_uninit_one+0x3d/0x110 [mlx5_core]
[ 2453.411111] remove_one+0x89/0x130 [mlx5_core]
[ 24
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{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Move representor neigh cleanup to profile cleanup_tx For IP tunnel encapsulation in ECMP (Equal-Cost Multipath) mode, as the flow is duplicated to the peer eswitch, the related neighbour information on the peer uplink representor is created as well. In the cited commit, eswitch devcom unpair is moved to uplink unload API, specifically the profile->cleanup_tx. If there is a encap rule offloaded in ECMP mode, when one eswitch does unpair (because of unloading the driver, for instance), and the peer rule from the peer eswitch is going to be deleted, the use-after-free error is triggered while accessing neigh info, as it is already cleaned up in uplink's profile->disable, which is before its profile->cleanup_tx. To fix this issue, move the neigh cleanup to profile's cleanup_tx callback, and after mlx5e_cleanup_uplink_rep_tx is called. The neigh init is moved to init_tx for symmeter. [ 2453.376299] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release+0x109/0x3a0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.379125] Read of size 4 at addr ffff888127af9008 by task modprobe/2496 [ 2453.381542] CPU: 7 PID: 2496 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G B 6.4.0-rc7+ #15 [ 2453.383386] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 2453.384335] Call Trace: [ 2453.384625] <TASK> [ 2453.384891] dump_stack_lvl+0x33/0x50 [ 2453.385285] print_report+0xc2/0x610 [ 2453.385667] ? __virt_addr_valid+0xb1/0x130 [ 2453.386091] ? mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release+0x109/0x3a0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.386757] kasan_report+0xae/0xe0 [ 2453.387123] ? mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release+0x109/0x3a0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.387798] mlx5e_rep_neigh_entry_release+0x109/0x3a0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.388465] mlx5e_rep_encap_entry_detach+0xa6/0xe0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.389111] mlx5e_encap_dealloc+0xa7/0x100 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.389706] mlx5e_tc_tun_encap_dests_unset+0x61/0xb0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.390361] mlx5_free_flow_attr_actions+0x11e/0x340 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.391015] ? complete_all+0x43/0xd0 [ 2453.391398] ? free_flow_post_acts+0x38/0x120 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.392004] mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_flow+0x4ae/0x690 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.392618] mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_peers_flow+0x308/0x370 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.393276] mlx5e_tc_clean_fdb_peer_flows+0xf5/0x140 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.393925] mlx5_esw_offloads_unpair+0x86/0x540 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.394546] ? mlx5_esw_offloads_set_ns_peer.isra.0+0x180/0x180 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.395268] ? down_write+0xaa/0x100 [ 2453.395652] mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_event+0x203/0x530 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.396317] mlx5_devcom_send_event+0xbb/0x190 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.396917] mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_cleanup+0xb0/0xd0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.397582] mlx5e_tc_esw_cleanup+0x42/0x120 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.398182] mlx5e_rep_tc_cleanup+0x15/0x30 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.398768] mlx5e_cleanup_rep_tx+0x6c/0x80 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.399367] mlx5e_detach_netdev+0xee/0x120 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.399957] mlx5e_netdev_change_profile+0x84/0x170 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.400598] mlx5e_vport_rep_unload+0xe0/0xf0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.403781] mlx5_eswitch_unregister_vport_reps+0x15e/0x190 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.404479] ? mlx5_eswitch_register_vport_reps+0x200/0x200 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.405170] ? up_write+0x39/0x60 [ 2453.405529] ? kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0xb7/0xe0 [ 2453.405985] auxiliary_bus_remove+0x2e/0x40 [ 2453.406405] device_release_driver_internal+0x243/0x2d0 [ 2453.406900] ? kobject_put+0x42/0x2d0 [ 2453.407284] bus_remove_device+0x128/0x1d0 [ 2453.407687] device_del+0x240/0x550 [ 2453.408053] ? waiting_for_supplier_show+0xe0/0xe0 [ 2453.408511] ? kobject_put+0xfa/0x2d0 [ 2453.408889] ? __kmem_cache_free+0x14d/0x280 [ 2453.409310] mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked.part.0+0xcd/0x2b0 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.409973] mlx5_unregister_device+0x40/0x50 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.410561] mlx5_uninit_one+0x3d/0x110 [mlx5_core] [ 2453.411111] remove_one+0x89/0x130 [mlx5_core] [ 24 ---truncated---
Title net/mlx5e: Move representor neigh cleanup to profile cleanup_tx
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-24T13:07:00.260Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T13:02:52.528Z

Link: CVE-2023-54148

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:16.810

Modified: 2025-12-24T13:16:16.810

Link: CVE-2023-54148

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-54148 - Bugzilla

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