# CVE-2022-49333: net/mlx5: E-Switch, pair only capable devices

> A race condition in the Mellanox mlx5 driver allows a local attacker to trigger a kernel warning and potential denial of service by bypassing interface locks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-68618, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49333, GHSA-7gw7-9782-f2m2, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-49333, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49333

## What is CVE-2022-49333?

CVE-2022-49333 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

net/mlx5: E-Switch, pair only capable devices

OFFLOADS paring using devcom is possible only on devices
that support LAG. Filter based on lag capabilities.

This fixes an issue where mlx5_get_next_phys_dev() was
called without holding the interface lock.

This issue was found when commit
bc4c2f2e0179 ("net/mlx5: Lag, filter non compatible devices")
added an assert that verifies the interface lock is held.

WARNING: CPU: 9 PID: 1706 at drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/dev.c:642 mlx5_get_next_phys_dev+0xd2/0x100 [mlx5_core]
Modules linked in: mlx5_vdpa vringh vhost_iotlb vdpa mlx5_ib mlx5_core xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter rpcrdma rdma_ucm ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm iw_cm ib_umad ib_ipoib ib_cm ib_uverbs ib_core overlay fuse [last unloaded: mlx5_core]
CPU: 9 PID: 1706 Comm: devlink Not tainted 5.18.0-rc7+ #11
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:mlx5_get_next_phys_dev+0xd2/0x100 [mlx5_core]
Code: 02 00 75 48 48 8b 85 80 04 00 00 5d c3 31 c0 5d c3 be ff ff ff ff 48 c7 c7 08 41 5b a0 e8 36 87 28 e3 85 c0 0f 85 6f ff ff ff <0f> 0b e9 68 ff ff ff 48 c7 c7 0c 91 cc 84 e8 cb 36 6f e1 e9 4d ff
RSP: 0018:ffff88811bf47458 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88811b398000 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 0000000080000000 RSI: ffffffffa05b4108 RDI: ffff88812daaaa78
RBP: ffff88812d050380 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff88811d6b3437
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000fddd3581 R12: ffff88815238c000
R13: ffff88812d050380 R14: ffff8881018aa7e0 R15: ffff88811d6b3428
FS:  00007fc82e18ae80(0000) GS:ffff88842e080000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f9630d1b421 CR3: 0000000149802004 CR4: 0000000000370ea0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_event+0x99/0x3b0 [mlx5_core]
 mlx5_devcom_send_event+0x167/0x1d0 [mlx5_core]
 esw_offloads_enable+0x1153/0x1500 [mlx5_core]
 ? mlx5_esw_offloads_controller_valid+0x170/0x170 [mlx5_core]
 ? wait_for_completion_io_timeout+0x20/0x20
 ? mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked+0x318/0x810 [mlx5_core]
 mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x586/0xc50 [mlx5_core]
 ? mlx5_eswitch_disable_pf_vf_vports+0x1d0/0x1d0 [mlx5_core]
 ? mlx5_esw_try_lock+0x1b/0xb0 [mlx5_core]
 ? mlx5_eswitch_enable+0x270/0x270 [mlx5_core]
 ? __debugfs_create_file+0x260/0x3e0
 mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x27e/0x870 [mlx5_core]
 ? mutex_lock_io_nested+0x12c0/0x12c0
 ? esw_offloads_disable+0x250/0x250 [mlx5_core]
 ? devlink_nl_cmd_trap_get_dumpit+0x470/0x470
 ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x3f/0x70
 devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_set_doit+0x217/0x620

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49333?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49333?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49333 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49333 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49333 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49333 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49333 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49333/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49333/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49333
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49333
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49333

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