{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-43012", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-01T14:12:55.974Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-01T14:15:18.256Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-01T14:15:18.256Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-01T14:15:18.256Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: Fix switchdev mode rollback in case of failure\n\nIf for some internal reason switchdev mode fails, we rollback to legacy\nmode, before this patch, rollback will unregister the uplink netdev and\nleave it unregistered causing the below kernel bug.\n\nTo fix this, we need to avoid netdev unregister by setting the proper\nrollback flag 'MLX5_PRIV_FLAGS_SWITCH_LEGACY' to indicate legacy mode.\n\ndevlink (431) used greatest stack depth: 11048 bytes left\nmlx5_core 0000:00:03.0: E-Switch: Disable: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), \\\n\tnecvfs(0), active vports(0)\nmlx5_core 0000:00:03.0: E-Switch: Supported tc chains and prios offload\nmlx5_core 0000:00:03.0: Loading uplink representor for vport 65535\nmlx5_core 0000:00:03.0: mlx5_cmd_out_err:816:(pid 456): \\\n\tQUERY_HCA_CAP(0x100) op_mod(0x0) failed, \\\n\tstatus bad parameter(0x3), syndrome (0x3a3846), err(-22)\nmlx5_core 0000:00:03.0 enp0s3np0 (unregistered): Unloading uplink \\\n\trepresentor for vport 65535\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\nkernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:12070!\nOops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\nCPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 456 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.16.0-rc3+ \\\n\t#9 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nRIP: 0010:unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x123/0xae0\n...\nCall Trace:\n[ 90.923094] unregister_netdevice_queue+0xad/0xf0\n[ 90.923323] unregister_netdev+0x1c/0x40\n[ 90.923522] mlx5e_vport_rep_unload+0x61/0xc6\n[ 90.923736] esw_offloads_enable+0x8e6/0x920\n[ 90.923947] mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x349/0x430\n[ 90.924182] ? is_mp_supported+0x57/0xb0\n[ 90.924376] mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x167/0x350\n[ 90.924628] devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x6f/0xf0\n[ 90.924862] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe8/0x140\n[ 90.925088] genl_rcv_msg+0x18b/0x290\n[ 90.925269] ? __pfx_devlink_nl_pre_doit+0x10/0x10\n[ 90.925506] ? __pfx_devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x10/0x10\n[ 90.925766] ? __pfx_devlink_nl_post_doit+0x10/0x10\n[ 90.926001] ? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10\n[ 90.926206] netlink_rcv_skb+0x52/0x100\n[ 90.926393] genl_rcv+0x28/0x40\n[ 90.926557] netlink_unicast+0x27d/0x3d0\n[ 90.926749] netlink_sendmsg+0x1f7/0x430\n[ 90.926942] __sys_sendto+0x213/0x220\n[ 90.927127] ? __sys_recvmsg+0x6a/0xd0\n[ 90.927312] __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30\n[ 90.927504] do_syscall_64+0x50/0x1c0\n[ 90.927687] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n[ 90.927929] RIP: 0033:0x7f7d0363e047"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c"], "versions": [{"version": "de85624c623dbb5fdb3ae7b08b66894a072c0cc0", "lessThan": "2ebb13f3e8be0b61f72425b34cce60c8b6ad1891", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "2a4f56fbcc473d8faeb29b73082df39efbe5893c", "lessThan": "e27153b2bd6e6699b544ac4dfa35d167bed5e642", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "2a4f56fbcc473d8faeb29b73082df39efbe5893c", "lessThan": "4363698838b7ec6e8d85b179495889aa7e522f91", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "2a4f56fbcc473d8faeb29b73082df39efbe5893c", "lessThan": "403186400a1a6166efe7031edc549c15fee4723f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.13", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.13", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.81", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.22", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.19.12", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.19.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.0", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.12.9", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.81"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.22"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19.12"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ebb13f3e8be0b61f72425b34cce60c8b6ad1891"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e27153b2bd6e6699b544ac4dfa35d167bed5e642"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4363698838b7ec6e8d85b179495889aa7e522f91"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/403186400a1a6166efe7031edc549c15fee4723f"}], "title": "net/mlx5: Fix switchdev mode rollback in case of failure", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: Fix switchdev mode rollback in case of failure\n\nIf for some internal reason switchdev mode fails, we rollback to legacy\nmode, before this patch, rollback will unregister the uplink netdev and\nleave it unregistered causing the below kernel bug.\n\nTo fix this, we need to avoid netdev unregister by setting the proper\nrollback flag 'MLX5_PRIV_FLAGS_SWITCH_LEGACY' to indicate legacy mode.\n\ndevlink (431) used greatest stack depth: 11048 bytes left\nmlx5_core 0000:00:03.0: E-Switch: Disable: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), \\\n\tnecvfs(0), active vports(0)\nmlx5_core 0000:00:03.0: E-Switch: Supported tc chains and prios offload\nmlx5_core 0000:00:03.0: Loading uplink representor for vport 65535\nmlx5_core 0000:00:03.0: mlx5_cmd_out_err:816:(pid 456): \\\n\tQUERY_HCA_CAP(0x100) op_mod(0x0) failed, \\\n\tstatus bad parameter(0x3), syndrome (0x3a3846), err(-22)\nmlx5_core 0000:00:03.0 enp0s3np0 (unregistered): Unloading uplink \\\n\trepresentor for vport 65535\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\nkernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:12070!\nOops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\nCPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 456 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.16.0-rc3+ \\\n\t#9 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nRIP: 0010:unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x123/0xae0\n...\nCall Trace:\n[ 90.923094] unregister_netdevice_queue+0xad/0xf0\n[ 90.923323] unregister_netdev+0x1c/0x40\n[ 90.923522] mlx5e_vport_rep_unload+0x61/0xc6\n[ 90.923736] esw_offloads_enable+0x8e6/0x920\n[ 90.923947] mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x349/0x430\n[ 90.924182] ? is_mp_supported+0x57/0xb0\n[ 90.924376] mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x167/0x350\n[ 90.924628] devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x6f/0xf0\n[ 90.924862] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe8/0x140\n[ 90.925088] genl_rcv_msg+0x18b/0x290\n[ 90.925269] ? __pfx_devlink_nl_pre_doit+0x10/0x10\n[ 90.925506] ? __pfx_devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x10/0x10\n[ 90.925766] ? __pfx_devlink_nl_post_doit+0x10/0x10\n[ 90.926001] ? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10\n[ 90.926206] netlink_rcv_skb+0x52/0x100\n[ 90.926393] genl_rcv+0x28/0x40\n[ 90.926557] netlink_unicast+0x27d/0x3d0\n[ 90.926749] netlink_sendmsg+0x1f7/0x430\n[ 90.926942] __sys_sendto+0x213/0x220\n[ 90.927127] ? __sys_recvmsg+0x6a/0xd0\n[ 90.927312] __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30\n[ 90.927504] do_syscall_64+0x50/0x1c0\n[ 90.927687] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n[ 90.927929] RIP: 0033:0x7f7d0363e047"}], "id": "CVE-2026-43012", "lastModified": "2026-05-01T15:24:14.893", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-05-01T15:16:45.117", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ebb13f3e8be0b61f72425b34cce60c8b6ad1891"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/403186400a1a6166efe7031edc549c15fee4723f"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4363698838b7ec6e8d85b179495889aa7e522f91"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e27153b2bd6e6699b544ac4dfa35d167bed5e642"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"}

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