In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: fs, fix UAF in flow counter release
Fix a kernel trace [1] caused by releasing an HWS action of a local flow
counter in mlx5_cmd_hws_delete_fte(), where the HWS action refcount and
mutex were not initialized and the counter struct could already be freed
when deleting the rule.
Fix it by adding the missing initializations and adding refcount for the
local flow counter struct.
[1] Kernel log:
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48
mlx5_fs_put_hws_action.part.0.cold+0x21/0x94 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_fc_put_hws_action+0x96/0xad [mlx5_core]
mlx5_fs_destroy_fs_actions+0x8b/0x152 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_cmd_hws_delete_fte+0x5a/0xa0 [mlx5_core]
del_hw_fte+0x1ce/0x260 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_del_flow_rules+0x12d/0x240 [mlx5_core]
? ttwu_queue_wakelist+0xf4/0x110
mlx5_ib_destroy_flow+0x103/0x1b0 [mlx5_ib]
uverbs_free_flow+0x20/0x50 [ib_uverbs]
destroy_hw_idr_uobject+0x1b/0x50 [ib_uverbs]
uverbs_destroy_uobject+0x34/0x1a0 [ib_uverbs]
uobj_destroy+0x3c/0x80 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_run_method+0x23e/0x360 [ib_uverbs]
? uverbs_finalize_object+0x60/0x60 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x14f/0x2c0 [ib_uverbs]
? do_tty_write+0x1a9/0x270
? file_tty_write.constprop.0+0x98/0xc0
? new_sync_write+0xfc/0x190
ib_uverbs_ioctl+0xd7/0x160 [ib_uverbs]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x87/0xc0
do_syscall_64+0x59/0x90
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History
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: fs, fix UAF in flow counter release Fix a kernel trace [1] caused by releasing an HWS action of a local flow counter in mlx5_cmd_hws_delete_fte(), where the HWS action refcount and mutex were not initialized and the counter struct could already be freed when deleting the rule. Fix it by adding the missing initializations and adding refcount for the local flow counter struct. [1] Kernel log: Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48 mlx5_fs_put_hws_action.part.0.cold+0x21/0x94 [mlx5_core] mlx5_fc_put_hws_action+0x96/0xad [mlx5_core] mlx5_fs_destroy_fs_actions+0x8b/0x152 [mlx5_core] mlx5_cmd_hws_delete_fte+0x5a/0xa0 [mlx5_core] del_hw_fte+0x1ce/0x260 [mlx5_core] mlx5_del_flow_rules+0x12d/0x240 [mlx5_core] ? ttwu_queue_wakelist+0xf4/0x110 mlx5_ib_destroy_flow+0x103/0x1b0 [mlx5_ib] uverbs_free_flow+0x20/0x50 [ib_uverbs] destroy_hw_idr_uobject+0x1b/0x50 [ib_uverbs] uverbs_destroy_uobject+0x34/0x1a0 [ib_uverbs] uobj_destroy+0x3c/0x80 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_run_method+0x23e/0x360 [ib_uverbs] ? uverbs_finalize_object+0x60/0x60 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x14f/0x2c0 [ib_uverbs] ? do_tty_write+0x1a9/0x270 ? file_tty_write.constprop.0+0x98/0xc0 ? new_sync_write+0xfc/0x190 ib_uverbs_ioctl+0xd7/0x160 [ib_uverbs] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x87/0xc0 do_syscall_64+0x59/0x90 | |
| Title | net/mlx5: fs, fix UAF in flow counter release | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-15T07:55:59.609Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.150Z
Link: CVE-2025-39979
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2025-10-15T08:15:35.767
Modified: 2025-10-15T08:15:35.767
Link: CVE-2025-39979
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