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TI-2026-31642 Aliases CVE-2026-43465GHSA-wm82-xv2w-22mm

net/mlx5e: RX, Fix XDP multi-buf frag counting for striding RQ

Priority MEDIUM 43Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: RX, Fix XDP multi-buf frag counting for striding RQ XDP multi-buf programs can modify the layout of the XDP buffer when the program calls bpf_xdp_pull_data() or bpf_xdp_adjust_tail(). The referenced commit in the fixes tag corrected the assumption in the mlx5 driver that the XDP buffer layout doesn't change during a program execution. However, this fix introduced another issue: the dropped fragments still need to be counted on the driver side to avoid page fragment reference counting issues. The issue was discovered by the drivers/net/xdp.py selftest, more specifically the test_xdp_native_tx_mb: - The mlx5 driver allocates a page_pool page and initializes it with a frag counter of 64 (pp_ref_count=64) and the internal frag counter to 0. - The test sends one packet with no payload. - On RX (mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_mpwrq_nonlinear()), mlx5 configures the XDP buffer with the packet data starting in the first fragment which is the page mentioned above. - The XDP program runs and calls bpf_xdp_pull_data() which moves the header into the linear part of the XDP buffer. As the packet doesn't contain more data, the program drops the tail fragment since it no longer contains any payload (pp_ref_count=63). - mlx5 device skips counting this fragment. Internal frag counter remains 0. - mlx5 releases all 64 fragments of the page but page pp_ref_count is 63 => negative reference counting error. Resulting splat during the test: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 188225 at ./include/net/page_pool/helpers.h:297 mlx5e_page_release_fragmented.isra.0+0xbd/0xe0 [mlx5_core] Modules linked in: [...] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 188225 Comm: ip Not tainted 6.18.0-rc7_for_upstream_min_debug_2025_12_08_11_44 #1 NONE Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:mlx5e_page_release_fragmented.isra.0+0xbd/0xe0 [mlx5_core] [...] Call Trace: <TASK> mlx5e_free_rx_mpwqe+0x20a/0x250 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_dealloc_rx_mpwqe+0x37/0xb0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_free_rx_descs+0x11a/0x170 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_close_rq+0x78/0xa0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_close_queues+0x46/0x2a0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_close_channel+0x24/0x90 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_close_channels+0x5d/0xf0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_safe_switch_params+0x2ec/0x380 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_change_mtu+0x11d/0x490 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_change_nic_mtu+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core] netif_set_mtu_ext+0xfc/0x240 do_setlink.isra.0+0x226/0x1100 rtnl_newlink+0x7a9/0xba0 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x220/0x3c0 netlink_rcv_skb+0x4b/0xf0 netlink_unicast+0x255/0x380 netlink_sendmsg+0x1f3/0x420 __sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x60 ____sys_sendmsg+0x1e8/0x240 ___sys_sendmsg+0x7c/0xb0 [...] __sys_sendmsg+0x5f/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xc70 The problem applies for XDP_PASS as well which is handled in a different code path in the driver. This patch fixes the issue by doing page frag counting on all the original XDP buffer fragments for all relevant XDP actions (XDP_TX , XDP_REDIRECT and XDP_PASS). This is basically reverting to the original counting before the commit in the fixes tag. As frag_page is still pointing to the original tail, the nr_frags parameter to xdp_update_skb_frags_info() needs to be calculated in a different way to reflect the new nr_frags.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00537 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18 +3Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux6.6.115 to before 6.6.160; 6.12.56 to before 6.12.114; 6.17.6 to before 6.186.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18Patch availableCNA
LinuxLinux6.18 and later6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.19, 6.19.9, 7.0Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.6.115 to before 6.6.160; 6.12.56 to before 6.12.114; 6.17.6 to before 6.18 Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18 Patch available CNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.18 and later Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.19, 6.19.9, 7.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.6.115 to before 6.7; 6.12.56 to before 6.13; 6.17.6 to before 6.18; 6.18.1 to before 6.18.19; 6.19 to before 6.19.9VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*6.18VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*6.18 rc3VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*6.18 rc4VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*6.18 rc5VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*6.18 rc6VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*6.18 rc7VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0 rc1VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0 rc2VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0 rc3VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.6.115 to before 6.7; 6.12.56 to before 6.13; 6.17.6 to before 6.18; 6.18.1 to before 6.18.19; 6.19 to before 6.19.9 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.18 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.18 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.18 rc4 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.18 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.18 rc6 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.18:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.18 rc7 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18
  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.19, 6.19.9, 7.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-43465
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wm82-xv2w-22mm
  3. 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
  4. 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@6451ea47d60a8ca3524dfe370c013cd01063c7d3 +1 · CNA
  5. 2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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