CVE-2025-21732

RDMA/mlx5: Fix a race for an ODP MR which leads to CQE with error

MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: February 27, 2025 at 02:12 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Fix a race for an ODP MR which leads to CQE with error This patch addresses a race condition for an ODP MR that can result in a CQE with an error on the UMR QP. During the __mlx5_ib_dereg_mr() flow, the following sequence of calls occurs: mlx5_revoke_mr() mlx5r_umr_revoke_mr() mlx5r_umr_post_send_wait() At this point, the lkey is freed from the hardware's perspective. However, concurrently, mlx5_ib_invalidate_range() might be triggered by another task attempting to invalidate a range for the same freed lkey. This task will: - Acquire the umem_odp->umem_mutex lock. - Call mlx5r_umr_update_xlt() on the UMR QP. - Since the lkey has already been freed, this can lead to a CQE error, causing the UMR QP to enter an error state [1]. To resolve this race condition, the umem_odp->umem_mutex lock is now also acquired as part of the mlx5_revoke_mr() scope. Upon successful revoke, we set umem_odp->private which points to that MR to NULL, preventing any further invalidation attempts on its lkey. [1] From dmesg: infiniband rocep8s0f0: dump_cqe:277:(pid 0): WC error: 6, Message: memory bind operation error cqe_dump: 00000000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 cqe_dump: 00000010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 cqe_dump: 00000020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 cqe_dump: 00000030: 00 00 00 00 08 00 78 06 25 00 11 b9 00 0e dd d2 WARNING: CPU: 15 PID: 1506 at drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c:394 mlx5r_umr_post_send_wait+0x15a/0x2b0 [mlx5_ib] Modules linked in: ip6table_mangle ip6table_natip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_mangle xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss oid_registry overlay rpcrdma rdma_ucm ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm iw_cm ib_umad ib_ipoib ib_cm mlx5_ib ib_uverbs ib_core fuse mlx5_core CPU: 15 UID: 0 PID: 1506 Comm: ibv_rc_pingpong Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7+ #1626 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:mlx5r_umr_post_send_wait+0x15a/0x2b0 [mlx5_ib] [..] Call Trace: <TASK> mlx5r_umr_update_xlt+0x23c/0x3e0 [mlx5_ib] mlx5_ib_invalidate_range+0x2e1/0x330 [mlx5_ib] __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start+0x1e1/0x240 zap_page_range_single+0xf1/0x1a0 madvise_vma_behavior+0x677/0x6e0 do_madvise+0x1a2/0x4b0 __x64_sys_madvise+0x25/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x140 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.13 ≤ v < 6.12.145.13 ≤ v < 6.13.35.13 ≤ v < 6.146.13 ≤ v < 6.13.35.13e6fb246ccafbdfc86e0750af021628132fdbceac
Vendor states this is fixed in 5297f5ddffef47b94172ab0d3d62270002a3dcc1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in abb604a1a9c87255c7a6f3b784410a9707baf467 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b13d32786acabf70a7b04ed24b7468fc3c82977c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5297f5ddffef47b94172ab0d3d62270002a3dcc1
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abb604a1a9c87255c7a6f3b784410a9707baf467
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b13d32786acabf70a7b04ed24b7468fc3c82977c

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-362

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