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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 6, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 13, 2026

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

Revert "PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove locking when enabling/disabling SR-IOV"

This reverts commit 05703271c3cd ("PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove locking
when enabling/disabling SR-IOV"), which causes a deadlock by recursively
taking pci_rescan_remove_lock when sriov_del_vfs() is called as part of
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device(). For example with the following sequence
of commands:

$ echo > /sys/bus/pci/devices//sriov_numvfs
$ echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices//remove

A trimmed trace of the deadlock on a mlx5 device is as below:

zsh/5715 is trying to acquire lock:
000002597926ef50 (pci_rescan_remove_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: sriov_disable+0x34/0x140

but task is already holding lock:
000002597926ef50 (pci_rescan_remove_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x24/0x80
...
Call Trace:
[<00000259778c4f90>] dump_stack_lvl+0xc0/0x110
[<00000259779c844e>] print_deadlock_bug+0x31e/0x330
[<00000259779c1908>] __lock_acquire+0x16c8/0x32f0
[<00000259779bffac>] lock_acquire+0x14c/0x350
[<00000259789643a6>] __mutex_lock_common+0xe6/0x1520
[<000002597896413c>] mutex_lock_nested+0x3c/0x50
[<00000259784a07e4>] sriov_disable+0x34/0x140
[<00000258f7d6dd80>] mlx5_sriov_disable+0x50/0x80 [mlx5_core]
[<00000258f7d5745e>] remove_one+0x5e/0xf0 [mlx5_core]
[<00000259784857fc>] pci_device_remove+0x3c/0xa0
[<000002597851012e>] device_release_driver_internal+0x18e/0x280
[<000002597847ae22>] pci_stop_bus_device+0x82/0xa0
[<000002597847afce>] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x5e/0x80
[<00000259784972c2>] remove_store+0x72/0x90
[<0000025977e6661a>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x15a/0x200
[<0000025977d7241c>] vfs_write+0x24c/0x300
[<0000025977d72696>] ksys_write+0x86/0x110
[<000002597895b61c>] __do_syscall+0x14c/0x400
[<000002597896e0ee>] system_call+0x6e/0x90

This alone is not a complete fix as it restores the issue the cited commit
tried to solve. A new fix will be provided as a follow on.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 6, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 6, 2026
Last updated May 13, 2026

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(1st percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Locking

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-43147

GHSA ID

GHSA-5c36-jx4m-m84f

Source code

No known source code

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