CVE-2026-53187

RDMA/core: Validate cpu_id against nr_cpu_ids in DMAH alloc

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: June 25, 2026 at 08:39 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 08:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Validate cpu_id against nr_cpu_ids in DMAH alloc The cpu_id attribute supplied by user space through UVERBS_ATTR_ALLOC_DMAH_CPU_ID is passed directly to cpumask_test_cpu() without first verifying that the value is within the valid CPU range. Passing such untrusted data to cpumask_test_cpu() may lead to an out-of-bounds read of the underlying cpumask bitmap: the helper expands to a test_bit() that indexes the bitmap by cpu_id / BITS_PER_LONG with no bound check. In addition, on kernels built with CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS it trips the WARN_ON_ONCE() in cpumask_check(); combined with panic_on_warn this turns a bad user input into a machine reboot. Reject any cpu_id that is not smaller than nr_cpu_ids with -EINVAL before it is used. Reported by Smatch.

Affected

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

6.17 ≤ v < 6.18.366.19 ≤ v < 7.0.137.17.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc37.1 rc47.1 rc57.1 rc67.1 rc7d83edab562a496a42720902a1d2effccd05c37c5
Vendor states this is fixed in 0efbb6b54ff56300867027d8e0800d0e32226a20 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 323c98a4ff06aa28114f2bf658fb43eb3b536bbc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bd5e818be7964c1689fba2dad9e6bd3a827fee74 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.36 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

7.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787CWE-125

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