CVE-2026-90423 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 11.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from d03fb5c6599e31b90c6b5f65d43d6ccc6b49eb91 to 5f1933163327c9f1c8f2a341c6cb551aaf231ff9 (excl.)
  • affected from d03fb5c6599e31b90c6b5f65d43d6ccc6b49eb91 to 4cfb448705da3171d44d9cbe7be53ff03284d532 (excl.)
  • affected from d03fb5c6599e31b90c6b5f65d43d6ccc6b49eb91 to 51f2c8d2c99fc1f452f7113c08a35edcc4bf8732 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.15 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.15 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.52 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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