CVE-2026-74584

RDMA/bnxt_re: zero shared page before exposing to userspace

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 22, 2026 at 02:28 PM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 08:17 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/bnxt_re: zero shared page before exposing to userspace bnxt_re_alloc_ucontext() allocates uctx->shpg via __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL). The buddy allocator does not zero pages without __GFP_ZERO, so the page contains stale kernel data from whatever object most recently freed it. The page is then mapped into userspace via vm_insert_page() under BNXT_RE_MMAP_SH_PAGE in bnxt_re_mmap(). The driver only ever writes 4 bytes (a u32 AVID) at offset BNXT_RE_AVID_OFFT (0x10) inside bnxt_re_create_ah(); the remaining 4092 bytes of the page are exposed to userspace unsanitised, leaking kernel memory contents. Any user with access to /dev/infiniband/uverbsX on a host with a bnxt_re device (typically rdma group membership) can read this data via a single mmap() at pgoff 0 after IB_USER_VERBS_CMD_GET_CONTEXT. Other shared pages in the same file already use get_zeroed_page() correctly: drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c srq->uctx_srq_page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); cq->uctx_cq_page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); uctx->shpg is the only outlier. Bring it in line with the existing convention by switching to get_zeroed_page().

Affected

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

1ac5a404797523cedaf424a3aaa3cf8f9548dff84.11
Vendor states this is fixed in 53c97e9882f4e747b4ac31b211317c2eba541af9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9128c2411b83a64c0a69d2ff059c741bde25a9cc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9896bdfd21d918e9f26a52bc6109cc77970ee0b1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a3ed2daab02b2a706e882ad31b5c3c4f33cb5bb1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c19b360fa10c521c0b681875cdaa51545d45a491 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c75f8ce4baa29ae57fe615c6a2c5101f59b8b89a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e2b143df29003d2704b51f62e9297006953dbacb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f6b079629becfa977f9c51fe53ad2e6dcc55ef44 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.260 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.211 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.177 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.95 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.37 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.144 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

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