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GHSA-PFXP-3RPF-8HX8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-10 15:33

Details

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

RDMA/irdma: Prevent user-triggered null deref on QP create

Previously, the user QP creation path would only attempt to populate iwqp->iwpbl if the user-provided req.user_wqe_bufs field was non-zero. The problem is that iwqp->iwpbl is unconditionally dereferenced later on in irdma_setup_virt_qp.

While there was a check for iwqp->iwpbl != NULL, this check would only occur if req.user_wqe_bufs was non-zero. The end result is that a user could send a zero user_wqe_bufs value and trigger a null ptr deref.

Fix this by unconditionally calling irdma_get_pbl and bailing if it fails, similar to the CQ and SRQ paths.

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CVE-2026-68418 (GCVE-0-2026-68418)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:04 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:05

Title

RDMA/irdma: Prevent user-triggered null deref on QP create

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/irdma: Prevent user-triggered null deref on QP create Previously, the user QP creation path would only attempt to populate iwqp->iwpbl if the user-provided req.user_wqe_bufs field was non-zero. The problem is that iwqp->iwpbl is unconditionally dereferenced later on in irdma_setup_virt_qp. While there was a check for iwqp->iwpbl != NULL, this check would only occur if req.user_wqe_bufs was non-zero. The end result is that a user could send a zero user_wqe_bufs value and trigger a null ptr deref. Fix this by unconditionally calling irdma_get_pbl and bailing if it fails, similar to the CQ and SRQ paths.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec675b4cdfd378d8c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/728211c815f6eef28…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9b0889071569d436…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: b48c24c2d710cf34810c555dcef883a3d35a9c08 , < ec675b4cdfd378d8c9dd8c93126c024f2469bd79 (git) Affected: b48c24c2d710cf34810c555dcef883a3d35a9c08 , < 728211c815f6eef28dd3df2a5b6297483185aa20 (git) Affected: b48c24c2d710cf34810c555dcef883a3d35a9c08 , < b9b0889071569d43623c260074e159cd8f26adb1 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.14 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.14 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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