CVE-2026-23441

net/mlx5e: Prevent concurrent access to IPSec ASO context

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Apr 3, 2026
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Jan 13, 2026

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Description

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

net/mlx5e: Prevent concurrent access to IPSec ASO context

The query or updating IPSec offload object is through Access ASO WQE. The driver uses a single mlx5e_ipsec_aso struct for each PF, which contains a shared DMA-mapped context for all ASO operations.

A race condition exists because the ASO spinlock is released before the hardware has finished processing WQE. If a second operation is initiated immediately after, it overwrites the shared context in the DMA area.

When the first operation's completion is processed later, it reads this corrupted context, leading to unexpected behavior and incorrect results.

This commit fixes the race by introducing a private context within each IPSec offload object. The shared ASO context is now copied to this private context while the ASO spinlock is held. Subsequent processing uses this saved, per-object context, ensuring its integrity is maintained.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 1ed78fc033074c55221a80498204c539a3696877 to before 99aaee927800ea00b441b607737f9f67b1899755Affected
  • 1ed78fc033074c55221a80498204c539a3696877 to before c3db55dc0f3344b62da25b025a8396d78763b5faAffected
  • 1ed78fc033074c55221a80498204c539a3696877 to before 2c6a5be0aee5a44066f68a332c30650900e32ad4Affected
  • 1ed78fc033074c55221a80498204c539a3696877 to before 6834d196107d5267dcad31b44211da7698e8f618Affected
  • 1ed78fc033074c55221a80498204c539a3696877 to before 99b36850d881e2d65912b2520a1c80d0fcc9429aAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.2Affected
  • before 6.2Not affected
  • 6.6.130 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.78 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.20 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 6.19.10 through 6.19.*Not affected
  • 7.0 and laterNot affected

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