Bug 2559558 (CVE-2026-98895)

Summary:	CVE-2026-98895 kernel: net/mlx5: HWS, Handle destroying table that has a miss table
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's mlx5 network driver. When destroying a hardware steering table configured with a default miss table, the driver fails to remove the entry from the associated miss table tracking list, leaving behind an invalid pointer. A local privileged user could exploit this vulnerability during table cleanup to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) via a system crash.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 11:57:42 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5: HWS, Handle destroying table that has a miss table

If a table has a miss table that was created by
'mlx5hws_table_set_default_miss' API function, its miss_tbl
keeps the table that points to it in a list.
If such table is deleted, we need to also remove it from the
miss_tbl list, otherwise the node in miss_tbl list will contain
garbage.