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268 lines
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"cveId": "CVE-2026-72072",
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"dateReserved": "2026-08-09T03:40:39.904Z",
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"datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:52:23.946Z",
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"dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T21:19:26.618Z"
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: macsec: fix use-after-free of metadata_dst on RX SC delete\n\nWhen an offloaded MACsec RX SC is deleted, macsec_del_rxsc_ctx() freed\nthe per-SC metadata_dst with metadata_dst_free(), which kfree()s the\nobject unconditionally and ignores the dst reference count. The RX\ndatapath in mlx5e_macsec_offload_handle_rx_skb() looks up the SC under\nrcu_read_lock() via xa_load(), takes a reference with dst_hold() and\nattaches the dst to the skb with skb_dst_set(). A reader that already\nobtained the rx_sc pointer can race with the delete path and operate on\nfreed memory.\n\nFix the owner side by dropping the reference with dst_release() instead\nof freeing unconditionally, and convert the RX datapath to\ndst_hold_safe() so a reader racing the SC delete cannot attach a dst\nwhose last reference was just dropped; only attach it when a reference\nwas actually taken.\n\nmlx5e_macsec_add_rxsc() also published sc_xarray_element via xa_alloc()\nbefore rx_sc->md_dst was allocated and initialised, so a datapath reader\nthat looked the SC up by fs_id could observe rx_sc with md_dst still\nNULL or, on weakly-ordered architectures, a non-NULL md_dst pointer\nwhose contents were not yet visible. NULL-check the xa_load() result and\nmd_dst on the datapath, and reorder add_rxsc() so the xa_alloc() publish\nhappens only after md_dst is fully initialised; the xarray RCU publish\nthen pairs with the rcu_read_lock()/xa_load() in the datapath.\n\nNote: macsec_del_rxsc_ctx() also kfree()s rx_sc->sc_xarray_element\nwithout an RCU grace period while the same datapath reads it under\nrcu_read_lock(); that is a separate pre-existing issue left to a\nfollow-up patch.\n\nFound by 0sec automated security-research tooling (https://0sec.ai)."
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"value": "AV:L - The UAF is reached by racing MACSEC_CMD_DEL_RXSC/ADD_RXSC netlink configuration (GENL_ADMIN_PERM) against mlx5e MACsec RX processing; the privileged genlink/rtnl control path is required to trigger the bug, not remote packets alone.\nAC:L - An attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN can drive both sides by looping RX SC add/delete while flooding MACsec-offloaded RX traffic on the mlx5e netdev, reliably winning the RCU race between xa_load/dst_hold and metadata_dst_free.\nPR:L - MACsec offload mutations require GENL_ADMIN_PERM (CAP_NET_ADMIN); on Mellanox ConnectX/BlueField systems this is reachable by cloud tenants with SR-IOV VFs, containers, or user/network namespaces without init-namespace root.\nUI:N - No victim user action is needed; automated concurrent netlink MACsec operations and incoming MACsec-offloaded frames on an active mlx5e interface suffice once MACsec offload is configured.\nS:U - Impact is kernel heap use-after-free and memory corruption within the host kernel on the mlx5 NIC; it enables local privilege escalation but does not by itself cross VM, IOMMU, or hypervisor security boundaries.\nC:H - The race calls dst_hold() and skb_dst_set() on a freed metadata_dst, a classic slab UAF that can disclose kernel memory through subsequent dst_entry and MACsec skb metadata handling.\nI:H - Freed metadata_dst objects can be reallocated via heap spraying while the RX datapath still references them, enabling refcount corruption and arbitrary kernel memory writes or control-flow hijack beyond a mere crash.\nA:H - Concurrent use of freed md_dst during mlx5e MACsec RX processing can cause immediate kernel oops, BUG, or panic on datacenter/cloud hosts using mlx5 hardware MACsec offload, fully denying system availability."
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