CVE-2026-90423

RDMA/rxe: Fix UAF in ODP init error-handling path

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:09 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix UAF in ODP init error-handling path rxe_odp_mr_init_user() stores &umem_odp->umem in mr->umem before calling rxe_odp_init_pages(). If rxe_odp_init_pages() fails, rxe_odp_mr_init_user() releases umem_odp and returns an error. rxe_reg_user_mr() then unwinds the error through rxe_cleanup(), rxe_mr_cleanup(), ib_umem_release(mr->umem). There is an IS_ERR_OR_NULL(umem) check at the start of ib_umem_release(). But since mr->umem is NOT reset to NULL in the error handling path of rxe_odp_mr_init_user(), the check passes and it reads already-freed fields like umem->is_dmabuf, causing UAF. Fix the UAF by clearing mr->umem after releasing the failed ODP umem so the MR cleanup path does not release it again.

Affected

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

6.15d03fb5c6599e31b90c6b5f65d43d6ccc6b49eb91
Vendor states this is fixed in 4cfb448705da3171d44d9cbe7be53ff03284d532 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 51f2c8d2c99fc1f452f7113c08a35edcc4bf8732 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5f1933163327c9f1c8f2a341c6cb551aaf231ff9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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