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

CVE ID :CVE-2026-64522
Published : July 25, 2026, 10:17 a.m. | 33 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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