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CVE-2022-49333: net/mlx5: E-Switch, pair only capable devices

First published: Wed Feb 26 2025(Updated: )

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: <TASK> 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

Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Linux Kernel>=5.18.0-rc7
Mellanox MLX5

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