CVE-2026-43199net/mlx5e: Fix "scheduling while atomic" in IPsec MAC address query
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 0.41%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 64% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix "scheduling while atomic" in IPsec MAC address query Fix a "scheduling while atomic" bug in mlx5e_ipsec_init_macs() by replacing mlx5_query_mac_address() with ether_addr_copy() to get the local MAC address directly from netdev->dev_addr. The issue occurs because mlx5_query_mac_address() queries the hardware which involves mlx5_cmd_exec() that can sleep, but it is called from the mlx5e_ipsec_handle_event workqueue which runs in atomic context. The MAC address is already available in netdev->dev_addr, so no need to query hardware. This avoids the sleeping call and resolves the bug. Call trace: BUG: scheduling while atomic: kworker/u112:2/69344/0x00000200 __schedule+0x7ab/0xa20 schedule+0x1c/0xb0 schedule_timeout+0x6e/0xf0 __wait_for_common+0x91/0x1b0 cmd_exec+0xa85/0xff0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_cmd_exec+0x1f/0x50 [mlx5_core] mlx5_query_nic_vport_mac_address+0x7b/0xd0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_query_mac_address+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_ipsec_init_macs+0xc1/0x720 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_ipsec_build_accel_xfrm_attrs+0x422/0x670 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_ipsec_handle_event+0x2b9/0x460 [mlx5_core] process_one_work+0x178/0x2e0 worker_thread+0x2ea/0x430
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
- affected cee137a634318bfbda18ee5af45d300153b57fa5 – < 5efde07521309274f26727860774614cbc187242
- affected cee137a634318bfbda18ee5af45d300153b57fa5 – < e1407fb7c337373dfaaae2445d828b0b9ae26a29
- affected cee137a634318bfbda18ee5af45d300153b57fa5 – < 57957bc7f1865778ec9b1618e15515feb6df7eb4
- affected cee137a634318bfbda18ee5af45d300153b57fa5 – < 546de94e41e92e1f7dc6213615fb7c794d05db98
- affected cee137a634318bfbda18ee5af45d300153b57fa5 – < 859380694f434597407632c29f30fdb5e763e6cc
- affected 6.2
- unaffected < 6.2
- unaffected 6.6.160 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.75 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.16 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 6.19.6 – ≤ 6.19.*
- unaffected 7.0 – ≤ *
References
References5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5efde07521309274f26727860774614cbc187242 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1407fb7c337373dfaaae2445d828b0b9ae26a29 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57957bc7f1865778ec9b1618e15515feb6df7eb4 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/546de94e41e92e1f7dc6213615fb7c794d05db98 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/859380694f434597407632c29f30fdb5e763e6cc (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-27762 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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