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CVE-2026-98366

Linux: RDMA/rxe: validate access flags before swapping the MR's PD

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
7.8High
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.12%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in08f12745cb72981aa2cabe214af0c7a42a856f0aAlso 7230cc456d4bb2221c20c5f1d22b38b8576aa16f, 4dd7a53f1c5b44693c26dac4b9b5bd5bb9d604c8CVE List
Published6 Oct 2026Updated 19 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 08f12745cb72981aa2cabe214af0c7a42a856f0aLinuxCVE List
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Description

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

RDMA/rxe: validate access flags before swapping the MR's PD

rxe_rereg_user_mr() reassigns mr->ibmr.pd first and only then validates the IB_MR_REREG_ACCESS argument:

if (flags & IB_MR_REREG_PD) { rxe_put(old_pd); rxe_get(pd); mr->ibmr.pd = ibpd; }

if (flags & IB_MR_REREG_ACCESS) { if (access & ~RXE_ACCESS_SUPPORTED_MR) return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP); mr->access = access; }

Both flags pass the entry check because RXE_MR_REREG_SUPPORTED is IB_MR_REREG_PD | IB_MR_REREG_ACCESS, so a caller can reach the access check with mr->ibmr.pd already reassigned.

mr->ibmr.pd is owned by the core, which adjusts pd->usecnt only on the success path: ib_uverbs_rereg_mr() jumps to put_new_uobj on a driver error without undoing the reassignment, so mr->pd == new_pd while the usecnts still charge the MR to orig_pd. ib_dereg_mr_user() then decrements new_pd, whose count can reach zero while a memory window still references it; uverbs_free_pd() frees the PD on that count alone and rxe_mw_cleanup() writes to freed memory:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __rxe_put+0x31/0xa0 Write of size 4 at addr ffff8881301dd690 by task rxe_poc/591 __rxe_put+0x31/0xa0 rxe_mw_cleanup+0x42/0x200 __rxe_cleanup+0x115/0x370 rxe_dealloc_mw+0x4c/0x80 Allocated by task 591: ib_uverbs_alloc_pd+0x258/0x540 Freed by task 591: ib_dealloc_pd_user+0x174/0x210 uverbs_free_pd+0x8d/0xc0 ib_uverbs_dealloc_pd+0x18e/0x1d0

Validate the access flags before mutating any state so the callback either applies every requested change or none.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 12

  • Linuxaffected: 544c7f62cf32db2bd358f1e8a40a98bf98fa2a5c before 08f12745cb72981aa2cabe214af0c7a42a856f0aCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 544c7f62cf32db2bd358f1e8a40a98bf98fa2a5c before 7230cc456d4bb2221c20c5f1d22b38b8576aa16fCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 544c7f62cf32db2bd358f1e8a40a98bf98fa2a5c before fe602c91a52e161ace4afd5bdb8f33270c554c6fCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 544c7f62cf32db2bd358f1e8a40a98bf98fa2a5c before 4dd7a53f1c5b44693c26dac4b9b5bd5bb9d604c8CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 544c7f62cf32db2bd358f1e8a40a98bf98fa2a5c before ae36a5b609ae79f4de966328b78d2584be9719a4CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.5CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.5CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.6.158 through 6.6.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.112 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.54 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.8 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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