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CVE-2026-72342— net/mlx5e: Fix HV VHCA stats agent registration race

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Linux Linux
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No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于HV VHCA stats agent注册竞争条件，可能导致空指针取消引用。

CVSS 8.4 · High EPSS 0.19% · P9

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1059 · Command and Scripting Interpreter

Affected Version Matrix 14

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux cef35af34d6dc3792333075115c7deb7062b6e18< b0fd6d3bb06182f19f3b59a53f57b5098b99048a affected
cef35af34d6dc3792333075115c7deb7062b6e18< 24c77044cdfcf5b8b2e9f3b620d8b9aa392d9add affected
cef35af34d6dc3792333075115c7deb7062b6e18< e8fc3304cb67fb1d7d11ff9ef9abd5fb64e7e1d5 affected
cef35af34d6dc3792333075115c7deb7062b6e18< 60fddda7207d81fea71463abd403f0b10f74f2e1 affected
cef35af34d6dc3792333075115c7deb7062b6e18< f5677797b094c3ec5fb350eb8ea7710b88a3d018 affected
cef35af34d6dc3792333075115c7deb7062b6e18< 89b25b5f46f488ea3b29b3444864c76944c9075b affected
5.4 affected
< 5.4 unaffected
… +6 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-72342

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Vulnerability Title
net/mlx5e: Fix HV VHCA stats agent registration race
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix HV VHCA stats agent registration race mlx5e_hv_vhca_stats_create() registers the stats agent through mlx5_hv_vhca_agent_create(). The helper publishes the agent in hv_vhca->agents[type] under agents_lock and immediately schedules an asynchronous control invalidation on the HV VHCA workqueue before returning to mlx5e. The asynchronous invalidation invokes the control agent's invalidate callback, which reads the hypervisor control block and forwards the command to mlx5e_hv_vhca_stats_control(). That callback may either: - call cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->stats_agent.work), or - call queue_delayed_work(priv->wq, &sagent->work, sagent->delay). However, the delayed_work and priv->stats_agent.agent are only initialized after mlx5_hv_vhca_agent_create() returns to mlx5e: agent = mlx5_hv_vhca_agent_create(...); /* publish + invalidate */ ... priv->stats_agent.agent = agent; /* too late */ INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&priv->stats_agent.work, ...); /* too late */ If the asynchronous control path runs before the two assignments above, it can: - Operate on an uninitialized delayed_work whose timer.function is NULL. queue_delayed_work() calls add_timer() unconditionally, so when the timer expires the timer softirq invokes a NULL function pointer. - Re-initialize the timer later through INIT_DELAYED_WORK() while the timer is already enqueued in the timer wheel, corrupting the hlist (entry.pprev cleared while the previous bucket node still points at this entry). - When the worker eventually runs, mlx5e_hv_vhca_stats_work() reads sagent->agent (NULL) and dereferences it inside mlx5_hv_vhca_agent_write(). Fix this by: - Initializing priv->stats_agent.work before invoking mlx5_hv_vhca_agent_create(), so the work is always in a valid state when the control callback observes it. - Adding a struct mlx5_hv_vhca_agent **ctx_update out-parameter to mlx5_hv_vhca_agent_create(). The helper writes the agent pointer to *ctx_update before publishing into hv_vhca->agents[] and triggering the agents_update flow, so any callback subsequently invoked from that flow already sees a valid priv->stats_agent.agent. This avoids having the control callback participate in agent initialization. While at it, access priv->stats_agent.agent with READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() for the cross-CPU access with the worker, and clear priv->stats_agent.buf on the agent_create() failure path.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于HV VHCA stats agent注册竞争条件，可能导致空指针取消引用。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux cef35af34d6dc3792333075115c7deb7062b6e18 ~ b0fd6d3bb06182f19f3b59a53f57b5098b99048a -
Linux Linux 5.4 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-72342 (6)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-08-15 · 845 CVEs total

CVE-2026-74280 10.0 CRITICAL crypto: marvell/octeontx - fix DMA cleanup using wrong loop index
CVE-2026-74309 10.0 CRITICAL vdpa/octeon_ep: fix IRQ-to-ring mapping in interrupt handler
CVE-2026-74279 10.0 CRITICAL crypto: cavium/cpt - fix DMA cleanup using wrong loop index
CVE-2026-74475 10.0 CRITICAL vxlan: use neigh_ha_snapshot() in route_shortcircuit()
CVE-2026-72407 10.0 CRITICAL geneve: validate inner network offset in geneve_gro_complete()
CVE-2026-72408 10.0 CRITICAL geneve: gate GRO hint in geneve_gro_complete() on gs->gro_hint
CVE-2026-72421 10.0 CRITICAL ipv4: fib: Don't ignore error route in local/main tables.
CVE-2026-72493 9.9 CRITICAL net: serialize netif_running() check in enqueue_to_backlog()
CVE-2026-72472 9.8 CRITICAL nfs: use nfsi->rwsem to protect traversal of the file lock list
CVE-2026-74428 9.8 CRITICAL rxrpc: Fix double unlock in rxrpc_recvmsg()
CVE-2026-72473 9.8 CRITICAL xprtrdma: Decouple req recycling from RPC completion
CVE-2026-74433 9.8 CRITICAL rxrpc: Fix UAF in rxgk_issue_challenge()
CVE-2026-72098 9.8 CRITICAL dm-verity: fix buffer overflow in FEC calculation
CVE-2026-74434 9.8 CRITICAL rxrpc: Don't move a peeked OOB message onto the pending queue
CVE-2026-72299 9.8 CRITICAL tipc: restrict socket queue dumps in enqueue tracepoints
CVE-2026-72477 9.8 CRITICAL fs/ntfs3: call _ntfs_bad_inode() when failing to rename
CVE-2026-72249 9.8 CRITICAL netfilter: flowtable: use dst in this direction when pushing IPIP header
CVE-2026-72251 9.8 CRITICAL netfilter: nf_nat_sip: reload possible stale data pointer
CVE-2026-72130 9.8 CRITICAL nvmet-auth: reject short AUTH_RECEIVE buffers
CVE-2026-72248 9.8 CRITICAL netfilter: flowtable: support IPIP tunnel with direct xmit

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