# CVE-2022-48745: net/mlx5: Use del\_timer\_sync in fw reset flow of halting poll

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-06-20 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Use del_timer_sync in fw reset flow of halting poll Substitute del_timer() with del_timer_sync() in fw reset polling deactivation flow, in order to prevent a race condition which occurs when del_timer() is called and timer is deactivated while another process is handling the timer interrupt. A situation that led to the following call trace: RIP: 0010:run_timer_softirq+0x137/0x420 <IRQ> recalibrate_cpu_khz+0x10/0x10 ktime_get+0x3e/0xa0 ? sched_clock_cpu+0xb/0xc0 __do_softirq+0xf5/0x2ea irq_exit_rcu+0xc1/0xf0 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x9e/0xc0 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20 </IRQ>

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/502c37b033fab7cde3e95a570af4f073306be45e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f895ebeb44d09d02674cfdd0cfc2bf687603918c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a038dd1d942f8fbc495c58fa592ff24af05f1c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c5193a87b0fea090aa3f769d020337662d87b5e

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