CVE-2026-46176
RDMA/mlx5: Fix error path fall-through in mlx5_ib_dev_res_srq_init()
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Fix error path fall-through in mlx5_ib_dev_res_srq_init() mlx5_ib_dev_res_srq_init() allocates two SRQs, s0 and s1. When ib_create_srq() fails for s1, the error branch destroys s0 but falls through and unconditionally assigns the freed s0 and the ERR_PTR s1 to devr->s0 and devr->s1. This leads to several problems: the lock-free fast path checks "if (devr->s1) return 0;" and treats the ERR_PTR as already initialised; users in mlx5_ib_create_qp() dereference the freed SRQ or ERR_PTR via to_msrq(devr->s0)->msrq.srqn; and mlx5_ib_dev_res_cleanup() dereferences the ERR_PTR and double-frees s0 on teardown. Fix by adding the same `goto unlock` in the s1 failure path.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a13c2ac4d480b734342c6fbf8249fc48afd675f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc2cf5935b4665172235341163315905197ae91d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b087913ae88256df66620f7ba0a9776716aeef7e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fd93142dd1d09000c3750af08270f5792523fe9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c488df06bd552bb8b6e14fa0cfd5ad986c6e9525
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