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CVE-2026-46181

RDMA/mlx4: Fix mis-use of RCU in mlx4_srq_event()

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.30, 7.0.7
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx4: Fix mis-use of RCU in mlx4_srq_event() Sashiko points out the radix_tree itself is RCU safe, but nothing ever frees the mlx4_srq struct with RCU, and it isn't even accessed within the RCU critical section. It also will crash if an event is delivered before the srq object is finished initializing. Use the spinlock since it isn't easy to make RCU work, use refcount_inc_not_zero() to protect against partially initialized objects, and order the refcount_set() to be after the srq is fully initialized.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    Version range not reported

  • Linux Linux

    4.9

  • KernelLinux

    From 4.9.0 · fixed in 6.6.160; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.114; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.30; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.0.7

References 6

git.kernel.org