CVE-2026-52908 (GCVE-0-2026-52908)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-19 14:00 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:31
VLAI
Title
RDMA: During rereg_mr ensure that REREG_ACCESS is compatible
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA: During rereg_mr ensure that REREG_ACCESS is compatible If IB_MR_REREG_ACCESS changes from RO to RW then the umem has to be re-evaluated to ensure it is properly pinned as RW. Since the umem is hidden inside each driver's mr struct add a ib_umem_check_rereg() function that each driver has to call before processing IB_MR_REREG_ACCESS. mlx4 has to retain its duplicate ib_access_writable check because it implements IB_MR_REREG_ACCESS | IB_MR_REREG_TRANS by changing both items in place sequentially while the MR is live, so it will continue to not support this combination.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: b40656aa7d559adc1fe689396dc58b92a9a27286 , < 09dc18894148381d3bfc550083b1236043870dce (git)
Affected: b40656aa7d559adc1fe689396dc58b92a9a27286 , < eba5df21eda0fe7418efbea2f799f8ea1b8ca94c (git)
Affected: b40656aa7d559adc1fe689396dc58b92a9a27286 , < 2904e985a2917b5dac65df82733065e78a65fc9d (git)
Affected: b40656aa7d559adc1fe689396dc58b92a9a27286 , < 50334a05a950840b39a1ce3d2a173b4183db9b3e (git)
Affected: b40656aa7d559adc1fe689396dc58b92a9a27286 , < badad6fad60def1b9805559dd81dbab3d97b82aa (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.2
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.143 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.94 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.36 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.13 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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