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CVE-2022-49338 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: CT: Fix cleanup of CT before cleanup of TC ct rules CT cleanup assumes that all tc rules were deleted first, and so is free to delete the CT shared resources (e.g the dr_action fwd_action which is shared for all tuples). But currently for uplink, this is happens in reverse, causing the below trace. CT cleanup is called from: mlx5e_cleanup_rep_tx()->mlx5e_cleanup_uplink_rep_tx()-> mlx5e_rep_tc_cleanup()->mlx5e_tc_esw_cleanup()-> mlx5_tc_ct_clean() Only afterwards, tc cleanup is called from: mlx5e_cleanup_rep_tx()->mlx5e_tc_ht_cleanup() which would have deleted all the tc ct rules, and so delete all the offloaded tuples. Fix this reversing the order of init and on cleanup, which will result in tc cleanup then ct cleanup. [ 9443.593347] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 206774 at drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_action.c:1882 mlx5dr_action_destroy+0x188/0x1a0 [mlx5_core] [ 9443.593349] Modules linked in: act_ct nf_flow_table rdma_ucm(O) rdma_cm(O) iw_cm(O) ib_ipoib(O) ib_cm(O) ib_umad(O) mlx5_core(O-) mlxfw(O) mlxdevm(O) auxiliary(O) ib_uverbs(O) psample ib_core(O) mlx_compat(O) ip_gre gre ip_tunnel…

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2025-02-26
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel
  • linux / linux_kernel / 5.19

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Check exposure

  • Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
  • Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
  • Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.

Remediate safely

  • Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
  • Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
  • Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.

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