# CVE-2026-64122: net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free in mlx5e\_tx\_reporter\_timeout\_recover

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.34, 6.20
- Published: 2026-07-19 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.18.14, fixed in 6.18.34; from 6.19.4, fixed in 6.20
- Linux: 7.0

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free in mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover() accesses sq->netdev after mlx5e_safe_reopen_channels() has torn down and freed the channel (and its embedded SQs). Replace the three sq->netdev references with priv->netdev which is safe because priv outlives channel teardown. The netdev_err() call already used priv->netdev for this reason; make the trylock/unlock and health_channel_eq_recover calls consistent. This fixes the following KASAN splat: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover+0x1dd/0x360 [mlx5_core] Read of size 8 at addr ffff889860ed0b28 by task kworker/u113:2/5277 Call Trace: mlx5e_tx_reporter_timeout_recover+0x1dd/0x360 [mlx5_core] devlink_health_reporter_recover+0xa2/0x150 devlink_health_report+0x254/0x7c0 mlx5e_reporter_tx_timeout+0x297/0x380 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_tx_timeout_work+0x109/0x170 [mlx5_core] process_one_work+0x677/0xf20 worker_thread+0x51f/0xd90 kthread+0x3a5/0x810 ret_from_fork+0x208/0x400 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1604a2d68414aa4cc34faac0b7faa9c14455e8d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/152295aa7dc2c5e046606f7dadc84fce41136446
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d260c5d2d89eb2c8c528d54b576b3aae3e20231

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