In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: E-Switch, pair only capable devices
OFFLOADS paring using devcom is possible only on devices
that support LAG. Filter based on lag capabilities.
This fixes an issue where mlx5_get_next_phys_dev() was
called without holding the interface lock.
This issue was found when commit
bc4c2f2e0179 ("net/mlx5: Lag, filter non compatible devices")
added an assert that verifies the interface lock is held.
WARNING: CPU: 9 PID: 1706 at drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/dev.c:642 mlx5_get_next_phys_dev+0xd2/0x100 [mlx5_core]
Modules linked in: mlx5_vdpa vringh vhost_iotlb vdpa mlx5_ib mlx5_core xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter rpcrdma rdma_ucm ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm iw_cm ib_umad ib_ipoib ib_cm ib_uverbs ib_core overlay fuse [last unloaded: mlx5_core]
CPU: 9 PID: 1706 Comm: devlink Not tainted 5.18.0-rc7+ #11
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:mlx5_get_next_phys_dev+0xd2/0x100 [mlx5_core]
Code: 02 00 75 48 48 8b 85 80 04 00 00 5d c3 31 c0 5d c3 be ff ff ff ff 48 c7 c7 08 41 5b a0 e8 36 87 28 e3 85 c0 0f 85 6f ff ff ff <0f> 0b e9 68 ff ff ff 48 c7 c7 0c 91 cc 84 e8 cb 36 6f e1 e9 4d ff
RSP: 0018:ffff88811bf47458 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88811b398000 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 0000000080000000 RSI: ffffffffa05b4108 RDI: ffff88812daaaa78
RBP: ffff88812d050380 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff88811d6b3437
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000fddd3581 R12: ffff88815238c000
R13: ffff88812d050380 R14: ffff8881018aa7e0 R15: ffff88811d6b3428
FS: 00007fc82e18ae80(0000) GS:ffff88842e080000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f9630d1b421 CR3: 0000000149802004 CR4: 0000000000370ea0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_event+0x99/0x3b0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_devcom_send_event+0x167/0x1d0 [mlx5_core]
esw_offloads_enable+0x1153/0x1500 [mlx5_core]
? mlx5_esw_offloads_controller_valid+0x170/0x170 [mlx5_core]
? wait_for_completion_io_timeout+0x20/0x20
? mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked+0x318/0x810 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x586/0xc50 [mlx5_core]
? mlx5_eswitch_disable_pf_vf_vports+0x1d0/0x1d0 [mlx5_core]
? mlx5_esw_try_lock+0x1b/0xb0 [mlx5_core]
? mlx5_eswitch_enable+0x270/0x270 [mlx5_core]
? __debugfs_create_file+0x260/0x3e0
mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x27e/0x870 [mlx5_core]
? mutex_lock_io_nested+0x12c0/0x12c0
? esw_offloads_disable+0x250/0x250 [mlx5_core]
? devlink_nl_cmd_trap_get_dumpit+0x470/0x470
? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x3f/0x70
devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_set_doit+0x217/0x620
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.3% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it