TI-2026-46086 Aliases CVE-2026-64522 GHSA-x5f7-rh4c-gxvr

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

MEDIUM 41CWE-190Published 2026-07-25 · Updated 2026-10-19

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00512 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.18, 6.18.34, 7.0.11 +1Red Hat: 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

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	6.17.4 to before 6.18	6.18	Patch available	CNA
Linux	Linux	6.18 and later	6.18.34, 7.0.11, 7.1	Patch available	CNA

Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.17.4 to before 6.18 Fixed in 6.18 Patch available CNA
Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.18 and later Fixed in 6.18.34, 7.0.11, 7.1 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	—	—	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.18
Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.18.34, 7.0.11, 7.1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred

Not affected: 3 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-64522
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x5f7-rh4c-gxvr
2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
2026-10-16 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
2026-10-20 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

Other 3

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-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel 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

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Sources

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