In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5e: Release the label when replacing existing ct entry
Cited commit doesn't release the label mapping when replacing existing ct
entry which leads to following memleak report:
unreferenced object 0xffff8881854cf280 (size 96):
comm "kworker/u48:74", pid 23093, jiffies 4296664564 (age 175.944s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<000000002722d368>] __kmalloc+0x4b/0x1c0
[<00000000cc44e18f>] mapping_add+0x6e8/0xc90 [mlx5_core]
[<000000003ad942a7>] mlx5_get_label_mapping+0x66/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
[<00000000266308ac>] mlx5_tc_ct_entry_create_mod_hdr+0x1c4/0xf50 [mlx5_core]
[<000000009a768b4f>] mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x16f/0xaf0 [mlx5_core]
[<00000000a178f3e5>] mlx5_tc_ct_block_flow_offload_add+0x10cb/0x1f90 [mlx5_core]
[<000000007b46c496>] mlx5_tc_ct_block_flow_offload+0x14a/0x630 [mlx5_core]
[<00000000a9a18ac5>] nf_flow_offload_tuple+0x1a3/0x390 [nf_flow_table]
[<00000000d0881951>] flow_offload_work_handler+0x257/0xd30 [nf_flow_table]
[<000000009e4935a4>] process_one_work+0x7c2/0x13e0
[<00000000f5cd36a7>] worker_thread+0x59d/0xec0
[<00000000baed1daf>] kthread+0x28f/0x330
[<0000000063d282a4>] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
Fix the issue by correctly releasing the label mapping.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
- EG Severity
- Not assessed: no CVSS publishedA missing CVSS is not a severity of zero.
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-28). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- No SSVC decision: EchelonGraph has not assessed this CVECISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the BOD 26-04 block below.
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it