CVE-2026-68425

IB/mad: Drop unmatched RMPP responses before reassembly

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/mad: Drop unmatched RMPP responses before reassembly Kernel-handled RMPP receive processing starts reassembly for active DATA responses before the response is matched to an outstanding send. The normal match happens later, after ib_process_rmpp_recv_wc() has either assembled a complete message or consumed the segment. That ordering lets an unsolicited response that routes to a kernel RMPP agent by the high TID bits allocate or extend RMPP receive state before the full TID and source address are checked against a real request. A reordered burst can therefore reach the receive-side insertion path even though the response would not match any send. For kernel-handled RMPP DATA responses, require the existing ib_find_send_mad() match before entering RMPP reassembly. The matcher already checks the full TID, management class and source address/GID against the agent wait, backlog and in-flight send lists. If there is no match, drop the response without creating RMPP state. This leaves the RMPP window behavior unchanged and only rejects responses that have no corresponding request.

Affected

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

2.6.13fa619a77046bef30478697aba0553991033afb8e
Vendor states this is fixed in 45416c87ebcece1e90f3bc5bc172d106b77c6b69 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6e1bd7f590b0ccfee07f7fe1d48b92059bd37d72 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9634fb1f4d404f36a20ffbcb8797369db69b06bb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 98d2d468b4faa1fdc68c0c6c238389906ee3490c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ad9c9ad3204f63a46f0f7de29687a8e512f05e29 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bfb9e8243fd2099d1080d09222964d988f991d9b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d2e52d610b9b09694261632340b801a421e0b0c5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dfa535c94406c03d3f0c869ef3ba5528e395737c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.265 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.216 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.183 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.148 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-400

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