CVE 7.8 HIGH

RDMA/mlx4: Fix mis-use of RCU in mlx4_srq_event()_CVE-2026-46181

7.8 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/mlx4: Fix mis-use of RCU in mlx4_srq_event()

Sashiko points out the radix_tree itself is RCU safe, but nothing ever
frees the mlx4_srq struct with RCU, and it isn't even accessed within the
RCU critical section. It also will crash if an event is delivered before
the srq object is finished initializing.

Use the spinlock since it isn't easy to make RCU work, use
refcount_inc_not_zero() to protect against partially initialized objects,
and order the refcount_set() to be after the srq is fully initialized.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-46181
Source Linux
Published May 28, 2026 at 09:36
Modified May 30, 2026 at 10:48

Affected Product

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Version 30353bfc43a1602c020f31d95cf27182ffd23824
Affected Versions Linux Linux 30353bfc43a1602c020f31d95cf27182ffd23824
Linux Linux 30353bfc43a1602c020f31d95cf27182ffd23824
Linux Linux 30353bfc43a1602c020f31d95cf27182ffd23824
Linux Linux 4.9

References

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