CVE-2026-64522 – net/mlx5e: Fix eswitch mode block underflow on IPsec acquire SA

CVE ID :CVE-2026-64522

Published : July 25, 2026, 9:14 a.m. | 37 minutes ago

Description :In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5e: Fix eswitch mode block underflow on IPsec acquire SA

mlx5e_xfrm_add_state() handles acquire-flow temporary SAs by allocating
software state and skipping hardware offload setup.

That path jumps to the common success label before taking the eswitch mode
block. After tunnel-mode validation was moved earlier, the common success
label unconditionally calls mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(). For acquire SAs,
this decrements esw->offloads.num_block_mode without a matching increment.

Return directly after installing the acquire SA offload handle, so only the
paths that successfully called mlx5_eswitch_block_mode() call the matching
unblock.

Severity: 0.0 | NA

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