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        "cveId": "CVE-2022-50726",
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        "dateReserved": "2025-12-24T12:20:40.330Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-12-24T12:22:47.625Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T08:59:30.034Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: Fix possible use-after-free in async command interface\n\nmlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx should return only after all its callback\nhandlers were completed. Before this patch, the below race between\nmlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx and mlx5_cmd_exec_cb_handler was possible and\nlead to a use-after-free:\n\n1. mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx is called while num_inflight is 2 (i.e.\n   elevated by 1, a single inflight callback).\n2. mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx decreases num_inflight to 1.\n3. mlx5_cmd_exec_cb_handler is called, decreases num_inflight to 0 and\n   is about to call wake_up().\n4. mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx calls wait_event, which returns\n   immediately as the condition (num_inflight == 0) holds.\n5. mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx returns.\n6. The caller of mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx frees the mlx5_async_ctx\n   object.\n7. mlx5_cmd_exec_cb_handler goes on and calls wake_up() on the freed\n   object.\n\nFix it by syncing using a completion object. Mark it completed when\nnum_inflight reaches 0.\n\nTrace:\n\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in do_raw_spin_lock+0x23d/0x270\nRead of size 4 at addr ffff888139cd12f4 by task swapper/5/0\n\nCPU: 5 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/5 Not tainted 6.0.0-rc3_for_upstream_debug_2022_08_30_13_10 #1\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n <IRQ>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d\n print_report.cold+0x2d5/0x684\n ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x23d/0x270\n kasan_report+0xb1/0x1a0\n ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x23d/0x270\n do_raw_spin_lock+0x23d/0x270\n ? rwlock_bug.part.0+0x90/0x90\n ? __delete_object+0xb8/0x100\n ? lock_downgrade+0x6e0/0x6e0\n _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x43/0x60\n ? __wake_up_common_lock+0xb9/0x140\n __wake_up_common_lock+0xb9/0x140\n ? __wake_up_common+0x650/0x650\n ? destroy_tis_callback+0x53/0x70 [mlx5_core]\n ? kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30\n ? destroy_tis_callback+0x53/0x70 [mlx5_core]\n ? kfree+0x1ba/0x520\n ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x54/0x220\n mlx5_cmd_exec_cb_handler+0x136/0x1a0 [mlx5_core]\n ? mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx+0x220/0x220 [mlx5_core]\n ? mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx+0x220/0x220 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5_cmd_comp_handler+0x65a/0x12b0 [mlx5_core]\n ? dump_command+0xcc0/0xcc0 [mlx5_core]\n ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x400/0x400\n ? cmd_comp_notifier+0x7e/0xb0 [mlx5_core]\n cmd_comp_notifier+0x7e/0xb0 [mlx5_core]\n atomic_notifier_call_chain+0xd7/0x1d0\n mlx5_eq_async_int+0x3ce/0xa20 [mlx5_core]\n atomic_notifier_call_chain+0xd7/0x1d0\n ? irq_release+0x140/0x140 [mlx5_core]\n irq_int_handler+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core]\n __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x1f2/0x620\n handle_irq_event+0xb2/0x1d0\n handle_edge_irq+0x21e/0xb00\n __common_interrupt+0x79/0x1a0\n common_interrupt+0x78/0xa0\n </IRQ>\n <TASK>\n asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40\nRIP: 0010:default_idle+0x42/0x60\nCode: c1 83 e0 07 48 c1 e9 03 83 c0 03 0f b6 14 11 38 d0 7c 04 84 d2 75 14 8b 05 eb 47 22 02 85 c0 7e 07 0f 00 2d e0 9f 48 00 fb f4 <c3> 48 c7 c7 80 08 7f 85 e8 d1 d3 3e fe eb de 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00\nRSP: 0018:ffff888100dbfdf0 EFLAGS: 00000242\nRAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffffffff84ecbd48 RCX: 1ffffffff0afe110\nRDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff835cc9bc\nRBP: 0000000000000005 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff88881dec4ac3\nR10: ffffed1103bd8958 R11: 0000017d0ca571c9 R12: 0000000000000005\nR13: ffffffff84f024e0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: dffffc0000000000\n ? default_idle_call+0xcc/0x450\n default_idle_call+0xec/0x450\n do_idle+0x394/0x450\n ? arch_cpu_idle_exit+0x40/0x40\n ? do_idle+0x17/0x450\n cpu_startup_entry+0x19/0x20\n start_secondary+0x221/0x2b0\n ? set_cpu_sibling_map+0x2070/0x2070\n secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xcd/0xdb\n </TASK>\n\nAllocated by task 49502:\n kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40\n __kasan_kmalloc+0x81/0xa0\n kvmalloc_node+0x48/0xe0\n mlx5e_bulk_async_init+0x35/0x110 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_tls_priv_tx_list_cleanup+0x84/0x3e0 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_ktls_cleanup_tx+0x38f/0x760 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_cleanup_nic_tx+0xa7/0x100 [mlx5_core]\n mlx5e_detach_netdev+0x1c\n---truncated---"
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                            "value": "AV:L - The vulnerable async command cleanup is reached via local paths such as RDMA DEVX async cmd FD close (/dev/infiniband/uverbs*, mode 0666) or mlx5 kTLS TX pool create/destroy work triggered by setsockopt TLS device offload, not by remote packet processing.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race by submitting inflight mlx5_cmd_exec_cb work and then immediately triggering mlx5_cmd_cleanup_async_ctx (close DEVX FD or churn kTLS offload contexts), and can retry until the wake_up-after-free window is hit.\nPR:L - Unprivileged local users can exercise the bug through DEVX (no capability required for basic uctx/async query) or through kTLS TX offload on mlx5, without needing CAP_SYS_MODULE, CAP_NET_ADMIN, or real root.\nUI:N - Exploitation requires no victim action; the attacker alone opens/closes the DEVX async FD or creates/destroys TLS offload sockets to drive the race.\nS:U - This is a same-host kernel memory corruption/privilege-escalation issue within a single OS security authority; it is not a VM escape or IOMMU/DMA boundary bypass.\nC:H - Use-after-free of mlx5_async_ctx allows reclaim of the freed object and abuse of the subsequent wake_up path, enabling arbitrary kernel memory read primitives per UAF guidance.\nI:H - The UAF lets an attacker reclaim the freed wait_queue_head and corrupt list/lock state during wake_up, yielding heap write and control-flow hijack primitives.\nA:H - The demonstrated KASAN UAF already causes kernel oops/crash in IRQ context, and any use-after-free is treated as high availability impact."
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