In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/mad: Fix receive buffer leak when PKey enforcement fails
ib_mad_complete_recv() initializes mad_recv_wc->rmpp_list and then runs
ib_mad_enforce_security() before linking recv_buf onto that list. On
failure it calls ib_free_recv_mad(), which only walks rmpp_list and frees
the ib_mad_private of every buffer found there. As the list is still
empty at that point, nothing is freed at all.
The caller cannot clean up either: ib_mad_recv_done() sets recv to NULL
right after ib_mad_complete_recv() returns, assuming the MAD layer took
ownership of the buffer. Every MAD that fails the PKey check therefore
leaks one ib_mad_private (about 300 bytes per IB port MAD, ~2K for OPA),
and a remote node can trigger this repeatedly by sending MADs with a
wrong PKey.
Link recv_buf onto rmpp_list right after the list is initialized, so the
error path has something to free.
RDMA/mad: Fix receive buffer leak when PKey enforcement fails
ib_mad_complete_recv() initializes mad_recv_wc->rmpp_list and then runs
ib_mad_enforce_security() before linking recv_buf onto that list. On
failure it calls ib_free_recv_mad(), which only walks rmpp_list and frees
the ib_mad_private of every buffer found there. As the list is still
empty at that point, nothing is freed at all.
The caller cannot clean up either: ib_mad_recv_done() sets recv to NULL
right after ib_mad_complete_recv() returns, assuming the MAD layer took
ownership of the buffer. Every MAD that fails the PKey check therefore
leaks one ib_mad_private (about 300 bytes per IB port MAD, ~2K for OPA),
and a remote node can trigger this repeatedly by sending MADs with a
wrong PKey.
Link recv_buf onto rmpp_list right after the list is initialized, so the
error path has something to free.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mad: Fix receive buffer leak when PKey enforcement fails ib_mad_complete_recv() initializes mad_recv_wc->rmpp_list and then runs ib_mad_enforce_security() before linking recv_buf onto that list. On failure it calls ib_free_recv_mad(), which only walks rmpp_list and frees the ib_mad_private of every buffer found there. As the list is still empty at that point, nothing is freed at all. The caller cannot clean up either: ib_mad_recv_done() sets recv to NULL right after ib_mad_complete_recv() returns, assuming the MAD layer took ownership of the buffer. Every MAD that fails the PKey check therefore leaks one ib_mad_private (about 300 bytes per IB port MAD, ~2K for OPA), and a remote node can trigger this repeatedly by sending MADs with a wrong PKey. Link recv_buf onto rmpp_list right after the list is initialized, so the error path has something to free. | |
| Title | RDMA/mad: Fix receive buffer leak when PKey enforcement fails | |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-06T08:46:41.768Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.343Z
Link: CVE-2026-98354
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-06T09:18:28.883
Modified: 2026-10-06T09:18:28.883
Link: CVE-2026-98354
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