CVE-2026-98895: net/mlx5: HWS, Handle destroying table that has a miss table
Published Oct 23, 2026
·Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: HWS, Handle destroying table that has a miss table
If a table has a miss table that was created by 'mlx5hwstablesetdefaultmiss' API function, its misstbl keeps the table that points to it in a list. If such table is deleted, we need to also remove it from the misstbl list, otherwise the node in misstbl list will contain garbage.
Affected Software
1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Compensating control
When destroying a table created with the mlx5hws_table_set_default_miss API and associated with a miss table, remove the destroyed table from the miss_tbl list so the list does not retain a stale node.
Event History
Oct 23, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:37 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:37 AM
Description