# CVE-2026-98253: RDMA/ucma: Serialize join and leave on copy\_to\_user failure

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.271, 5.12, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, and 3 more
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 60d613b39e8d0c9f3b526e9c96445422b4562d76, fixed in 29b9ed83d8bfab5c6e11fcbf1aa836aa4ae26cb9; from fe454dc31e84f8c14cb8942fcb61666c9f40745b, fixed in 52172e11bd074ccaded21740ffeb67123f01dd00; from fe454dc31e84f8c14cb8942fcb61666c9f40745b, fixed in 01e29d0d78a8f66f221625720a04939eef5ec1f6; from fe454dc31e84f8c14cb8942fcb61666c9f40745b, fixed in ae805d204cf1f15b87d1bf3529b4c649f3519420; from fe454dc31e84f8c14cb8942fcb61666c9f40745b, fixed in 43c4e24bd10370fc976f6220518049ce71419399; from fe454dc31e84f8c14cb8942fcb61666c9f40745b, fixed in 01cbdb724c584d7772fd25af2e4dfdf8527ce0d5; from fe454dc31e84f8c14cb8942fcb61666c9f40745b, fixed in 83610ee5e498fa5bfcb80031d2b959baea276bf6; from fe454dc31e84f8c14cb8942fcb61666c9f40745b, fixed in 662ade4de9ff5eceb0820a9f8e9fac70ba6a815b; from 5.10.20, fixed in 5.10.271; from 5.11.3, fixed in 5.12
- Linux: 5.12
- Kernel (Linux): fixed in 5.10.271; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.222; from 5.12.0, fixed in 6.1.189; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.6.158; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.12.112; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.18.54; from 6.13.0, fixed in 7.2.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/ucma: Serialize join and leave on copy_to_user failure rdma_join_multicast() queues RoCE work that later reads the ucma_multicast through event->param.ud.private_data, then list_add()s the CMA multicast at the head of id_priv->mc_list. rdma_leave_multicast() matches only by sockaddr and destroys the first hit. ucma_process_join() used to drop ctx->mutex after a successful join and retake it only if copy_to_user() failed. Two concurrent JOIN_MCAST calls with the same address can therefore insert a second CMA entry before the first thread's leave. leave then cancels the newer work and the older worker still dereferences the ucma_multicast that the first thread frees. Keep ctx->mutex held from rdma_join_multicast() through copy_to_user() and, on -EFAULT, through rdma_leave_multicast() so leave cannot miss this join. Do not leave if join itself failed: that path never published this address on mc_list, and a leave-by-addr would destroy an earlier successful join.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.271, 5.12, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29b9ed83d8bfab5c6e11fcbf1aa836aa4ae26cb9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52172e11bd074ccaded21740ffeb67123f01dd00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01e29d0d78a8f66f221625720a04939eef5ec1f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae805d204cf1f15b87d1bf3529b4c649f3519420
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43c4e24bd10370fc976f6220518049ce71419399
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01cbdb724c584d7772fd25af2e4dfdf8527ce0d5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83610ee5e498fa5bfcb80031d2b959baea276bf6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/662ade4de9ff5eceb0820a9f8e9fac70ba6a815b

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