# CVE-2021-3923: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of RDMA over infiniband.

- Severity: CVSS 2.3 (Low), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-03-27 · Updated: 2025-02-24

## Affected

- n/a kernel: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of RDMA over infiniband. An attacker with a privileged local account can leak kernel stack information when issuing commands to the /dev/infiniband/rdma_cm device node. While this access is unlikely to leak sensitive user information, it can be further used to defeat existing kernel protection mechanisms.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2019643
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220204100036.GA12348%40kili/

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