CVE-2026-74396

RDMA/mlx5: Fix UMR XLT cleanup on ODP populate failure

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:59 AM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 08:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Fix UMR XLT cleanup on ODP populate failure mlx5r_umr_update_xlt() allocates and DMA maps an XLT buffer with mlx5r_umr_create_xlt(). The buffer is released by the common cleanup path through mlx5r_umr_unmap_free_xlt(). After mlx5_odp_populate_xlt() became fallible, its error path returned directly and skipped that cleanup. This leaks the XLT DMA mapping and buffer. If the emergency XLT page was used, it also leaves xlt_emergency_page_mutex locked. Break out of the loop so execution falls through the existing cleanup path.

Affected

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

1efe8c0670d6a6883faa09c9abc746c741f5664a6.16
Vendor states this is fixed in 1eae35b37923cb71b0cb5136d00671440d488b9f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9619909d4869afe720904c6888a289b9ac3055b8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ffa85a2c197935ace6f1634ad9eb0a44bc615670 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.5HIGHLinux
Vector?

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