Upstream information
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:net/mlx5e: Fix publication race for priv->channel_stats[]
mlx5e_channel_stats_alloc() publishes a new entry to
priv->channel_stats[] and then increments priv->stats_nch as a
publication token, but neither store carries any memory barrier:
priv->channel_stats[ix] = kvzalloc_node(...);
if (!priv->channel_stats[ix])
return -ENOMEM;
priv->stats_nch++;
Concurrent readers compute the loop bound from priv->stats_nch and
then dereference priv->channel_stats[i] using plain accesses, e.g.
for (i = 0; i < priv->stats_nch; i++) {
struct mlx5e_channel_stats *cs = priv->channel_stats[i];
... cs->rq.packets ...
}
On weakly-ordered architectures (ARM, PowerPC, RISC-V) the writes to
channel_stats[ix] and stats_nch may become visible to other CPUs out
of program order. A reader can observe stats_nch == N while still
seeing channel_stats[N-1] == NULL, leading to a NULL pointer
dereference in the channel_stats loop.
This has been observed in production on BlueField-3 DPUs (arm64),
where ovs-vswitchd queries netdev statistics over netlink during NIC
bringup, racing mlx5e_open_channel() -> mlx5e_channel_stats_alloc()
on another CPU:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0x840
Hardware name: BlueField-3 DPU
pc : mlx5e_fold_sw_stats64+0x30/0x180 [mlx5_core]
Call trace:
mlx5e_fold_sw_stats64+0x30/0x180 [mlx5_core]
dev_get_stats+0x50/0xc0
ovs_vport_get_stats+0x38/0xac [openvswitch]
ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info+0x194/0x290 [openvswitch]
ovs_vport_cmd_get+0xbc/0x10c [openvswitch]
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xd0/0x160
genl_rcv_msg+0xec/0x1f0
netlink_rcv_skb+0x64/0x130
genl_rcv+0x40/0x60
netlink_unicast+0x2fc/0x370
netlink_sendmsg+0x1dc/0x454
...
__arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x2c/0x40
Add mlx5e_stats_nch_write() and mlx5e_stats_nch_read() helpers in en.h
that wrap the smp_store_release()/smp_load_acquire() pair on stats_nch.
The release/acquire pair establishes the contract:
stats_nch == N => channel_stats[0..N-1] are visible and non-NULL.
Publish the stats_nch increment via mlx5e_stats_nch_write() in the
writer (mlx5e_channel_stats_alloc()), and read stats_nch via
mlx5e_stats_nch_read() in all readers: mlx5e RX/TX queue stats,
mlx5e_get_base_stats(), ethtool channels stats, IPoIB stats, the
sw_stats fold and the HV VHCA stats agent.
SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Pending
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | SUSE |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.5 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
| CVSS detail | SUSE |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Attack Requirements | None |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Vulnerable System Integrity Impact | None |
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | High |
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv4 Version | 4.0 |
Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package
SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details. SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1277660 [NEW] No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | kernel-source | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.1 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP7 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | kernel-rt | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | kernel-source-rt | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | kernel-rt | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | kernel-source-rt | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | kernel-source-rt | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | kernel-source | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 | kernel-source | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP7 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 | kernel-source-rt | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | kernel-source | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | kernel-source | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | kernel-source-rt | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | kernel-source-rt | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.0 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.0 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.0 | kernel-source-rt | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.1 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.1 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 | kernel-source-rt | In progress |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | kernel-source | Affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | kernel-source-rt | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 | kernel-source-rt | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP4 | kernel-source-rt | Not affected |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 | kernel-source-rt | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | kernel-source-rt | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-source | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-source-rt | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | kernel-source | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Mon Aug 31 18:23:28 2026CVE page last modified: Thu Sep 3 19:59:28 2026