In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: Reload only IB representors upon lag disable/enable
On lag disable, the bond IB device along with all of its
representors are destroyed, and then the slaves' representors get reloaded.
In case the slave IB representor load fails, the eswitch error flow
unloads all representors, including ethernet representors, where the
netdevs get detached and removed from lag bond. Such flow is inaccurate
as the lag driver is not responsible for loading/unloading ethernet
representors. Furthermore, the flow described above begins by holding
lag lock to prevent bond changes during disable flow. However, when
reaching the ethernet representors detachment from lag, the lag lock is
required again, triggering the following deadlock:
Call trace:
__switch_to+0xf4/0x148
__schedule+0x2c8/0x7d0
schedule+0x50/0xe0
schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x28
__mutex_lock.isra.13+0x2b8/0x570
__mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1c/0x28
mutex_lock+0x4c/0x68
mlx5_lag_remove_netdev+0x3c/0x1a0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_uplink_rep_disable+0x70/0xa0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_detach_netdev+0x6c/0xb0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_netdev_change_profile+0x44/0x138 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_netdev_attach_nic_profile+0x28/0x38 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_vport_rep_unload+0x184/0x1b8 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_load+0xd8/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_eswitch_reload_reps+0x74/0xd0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_disable_lag+0x130/0x138 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_lag_disable_change+0x6c/0x70 [mlx5_core] // hold ldev->lock
mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0xc0/0x410 [mlx5_core]
devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_set_doit+0xdc/0x180
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.17+0xe8/0x138
genl_rcv_msg+0xe4/0x220
netlink_rcv_skb+0x44/0x108
genl_rcv+0x40/0x58
netlink_unicast+0x198/0x268
netlink_sendmsg+0x1d4/0x418
sock_sendmsg+0x54/0x60
__sys_sendto+0xf4/0x120
__arm64_sys_sendto+0x30/0x40
el0_svc_common+0x8c/0x120
do_el0_svc+0x30/0xa0
el0_svc+0x20/0x30
el0_sync_handler+0x90/0xb8
el0_sync+0x160/0x180
Thus, upon lag enable/disable, load and unload only the IB representors
of the slaves preventing the deadlock mentioned above.
While at it, refactor the mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_load() function to have
a static helper method for its internal logic, in symmetry with the
representor unload design.
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
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-29). 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 every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 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 every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (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)60 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 Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). 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