Revert "PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove locking when enabling/disabling SR-IOV"
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-667 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove locking when enabling/disabling SR-IOV" This reverts commit 05703271c3cd ("PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove locking when enabling/disabling SR-IOV"), which causes a deadlock by recursively taking pci_rescan_remove_lock when sriov_del_vfs() is called as part of pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device(). For example with the following sequence of commands: $ echo <NUM> > /sys/bus/pci/devices/<pf>/sriov_numvfs $ echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/<pf>/remove A trimmed trace of the deadlock on a mlx5 device is as below: zsh/5715 is trying to acquire lock: 000002597926ef50 (pci_rescan_remove_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: sriov_disable+0x34/0x140 but task is already holding lock: 000002597926ef50 (pci_rescan_remove_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x24/0x80 ... Call Trace: [<00000259778c4f90>] dump_stack_lvl+0xc0/0x110 [<00000259779c844e>] print_deadlock_bug+0x31e/0x330 [<00000259779c1908>] __lock_acquire+0x16c8/0x32f0 [<00000259779bffac>] lock_acquire+0x14c/0x350 [<00000259789643a6>] __mutex_lock_common+0xe6/0x1520 [<000002597896413c>] mutex_lock_nested+0x3c/0x50 [<00000259784a07e4>] sriov_disable+0x34/0x140 [<00000258f7d6dd80>] mlx5_sriov_disable+0x50/0x80 [mlx5_core] [<00000258f7d5745e>] remove_one+0x5e/0xf0 [mlx5_core] [<00000259784857fc>] pci_device_remove+0x3c/0xa0 [<000002597851012e>] device_release_driver_internal+0x18e/0x280 [<000002597847ae22>] pci_stop_bus_device+0x82/0xa0 [<000002597847afce>] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x5e/0x80 [<00000259784972c2>] remove_store+0x72/0x90 [<0000025977e6661a>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x15a/0x200 [<0000025977d7241c>] vfs_write+0x24c/0x300 [<0000025977d72696>] ksys_write+0x86/0x110 [<000002597895b61c>] __do_syscall+0x14c/0x400 [<000002597896e0ee>] system_call+0x6e/0x90 This alone is not a complete fix as it restores the issue the cited commit tried to solve. A new fix will be provided as a follow on.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.10.246 to before 5.10.252; 5.15.195 to before 5.15.202; 6.1.157 to before 6.1.165; 6.6.113 to before 6.6.128; 6.12.54 to before 6.12.75; 5.4.301 to before 5.5; 6.17.4 to before 6.18 | 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 5.5, 6.18 | Patch available | CNA |
| Linux | Linux | 6.18 and later | 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 7.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.10.246 to before 5.10.252; 5.15.195 to before 5.15.202; 6.1.157 to before 6.1.165; 6.6.113 to before 6.6.128; 6.12.54 to before 6.12.75; 5.4.301 to before 5.5; 6.17.4 to before 6.18 Fixed in 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 5.5, 6.18 Patch available CNA
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.18 and later Fixed in 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 7.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.301 to before 5.5; 5.10.246 to before 5.10.252; 5.15.195 to before 5.15.202; 6.1.157 to before 6.1.165; 6.6.113 to before 6.6.128; 6.12.54 to before 6.12.75; 6.17.4 to before 6.18.16; 6.19 to before 6.19.6 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.301 to before 5.5; 5.10.246 to before 5.10.252; 5.15.195 to before 5.15.202; 6.1.157 to before 6.1.165; 6.6.113 to before 6.6.128; 6.12.54 to before 6.12.75; 6.17.4 to before 6.18.16; 6.19 to before 6.19.6 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 5.5, 6.18
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 7.0
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-43147
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5c36-jx4m-m84f
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Patch 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f61cdd7e9b67bb8961b0a81bf294b78343e5db05
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0de341b2365bad430aade0853fe09c2cbe468f59
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83651d37474c762920e345a3a0828f975ca4d732
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/639265296fe6ee21b6f00e00ee2bab65f3b07252
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d47f27e145f8bd13f3c230da5e3af29225b4a2f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40f67686a5002c0c322fac918406bbc8d9c2ec2f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58677783c89681871077f50a7042b0c6380c4fd8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fa119c0e5e528453ebae9e70740e8d2d8c0ed5a
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Sources
- CVE-2026-43147 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-43147 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5c36-jx4m-m84f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-43147 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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