RDMA/mad: Fix receive buffer leak when PKey enforcement fails (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mad: Fix receive buffer leak when PKey enforcement fails ib_mad_complete_recv() initializes mad_recv_wc->rmpp_list and then runs ib_mad_enforce_security() before linking recv_buf onto that list. On failure it calls ib_free_recv_mad(), which only walks rmpp_list and frees the ib_mad_private of every buffer found there. As the list is still empty at that point, nothing is freed at all. The caller cannot clean up either: ib_mad_recv_done() sets recv to NULL right after ib_mad_complete_recv() returns, assuming the MAD layer took ownership of the buffer. Every MAD that fails the PKey check therefore leaks one ib_mad_private (about 300 bytes per IB port MAD, ~2K for OPA), and a remote node can trigger this repeatedly by sending MADs with a wrong PKey. Link recv_buf onto rmpp_list right after the list is initialized, so the error path has something to free.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4617c9a856188674dddb0ca66979746d07688579
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e2036fb47a5b152d53eadbd35abf311bd34cc7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bad289e42f512646a988f278f536d21547df73f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/752b30e9d339008e5ce7eed412e9446078916129
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39c4ea72a40503e102ae07e6776005f96ca078a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5091e25ec503f7fc02723ca435226467b68caac7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0d8df85db146d6275e226cb950023be69dd6c77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3476c28c9addfa253f505e6bd87f1f5598b961d0
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-93339
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-98354
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1432 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1375 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1374 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 47a2b338fe63200d716d2e24131cdb49f17c77da < 4617c9a856188674dddb0ca66979746d07688579 ; affected 47a2b338fe63200d716d2e24131cdb49f17c77da < 8e2036fb47a5b152d53eadbd35abf311bd34cc7f ; affected 47a2b338fe63200d716d2e24131cdb49f17c77da < bad289e42f512646a988f278f536d21547df73f1 ; affected 47a2b338fe63200d716d2e24131cdb49f17c77da < 752b30e9d339008e5ce7eed412e9446078916129 ; affected 47a2b338fe63200d716d2e24131cdb49f17c77da < 39c4ea72a40503e102ae07e6776005f96ca078a6 ; affected 47a2b338fe63200d716d2e24131cdb49f17c77da < 5091e25ec503f7fc02723ca435226467b68caac7 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.13 ; unaffected 0 < 4.13 ; unaffected 5.10.271 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.222 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.189 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.158 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |