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FKIE_CVE-2026-89507

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-11 20:19 - Updated: 2026-09-13 07:17

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/ucma: Lock the handler in ucma_write_cm_event() ctx->file may only be changed under the handler lock and the xa_lock, which is what stops uevents being queued for a ctx while ucma_migrate_id() moves it to another file. The CM core takes that lock before invoking ucma_event_handler(), but the write() paths that queue uevents themselves do not. ucma_write_cm_event() re-reads ctx->file for each of its four dereferences, so ucma_migrate_id() can swap it mid-sequence: mutex_lock(&ctx->file->mut); /* file A */ list_add_tail(&uevent->list, &ctx->file->event_list); /* file B */ mutex_unlock(&ctx->file->mut); /* file B */ wake_up_interruptible(&ctx->file->poll_wait); /* file B */ The window is the mutex_lock() itself: the writer sleeps in it while the migration reassigns ctx->file. The list_add_tail() then runs on file B's event_list holding only file A's mutex: list_add corruption. prev->next should be next (ffff888101320f30), but was ffff88814a08c418. (prev=ffff88814a075c18). kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:32! Call Trace: ucma_write_cm_event+0x36e/0x5e0 and file A's mut is left held forever, wedging its next writer in D state. The uevent is also stranded on a list ucma_cleanup_ctx_events() will not walk, so it outlives its context. /dev/infiniband/rdma_cm is 0666 and no RDMA device is involved, so an unprivileged user reaches all of this. Take the handler lock, as ucma_cleanup_mc_events() does; ctx->cm_id is pinned by the ucma_get_ctx() reference.

References

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0be1955040a2eceed0ecfc387fdc92305411d273
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f8bb11dd2ff365e7cff1c9964ab4607292d364e
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4cc21c6a8e9d392871477f9fd98d68e5ad80272

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/ucma: Lock the handler in ucma_write_cm_event()\n\nctx-\u003efile may only be changed under the handler lock and the xa_lock, which\nis what stops uevents being queued for a ctx while ucma_migrate_id() moves\nit to another file.  The CM core takes that lock before invoking\nucma_event_handler(), but the write() paths that queue uevents themselves\ndo not.\n\nucma_write_cm_event() re-reads ctx-\u003efile for each of its four dereferences,\nso ucma_migrate_id() can swap it mid-sequence:\n\n\tmutex_lock(\u0026ctx-\u003efile-\u003emut);\t\t\t/* file A */\n\tlist_add_tail(\u0026uevent-\u003elist, \u0026ctx-\u003efile-\u003eevent_list);\t/* file B */\n\tmutex_unlock(\u0026ctx-\u003efile-\u003emut);\t\t\t/* file B */\n\twake_up_interruptible(\u0026ctx-\u003efile-\u003epoll_wait);\t/* file B */\n\nThe window is the mutex_lock() itself: the writer sleeps in it while the\nmigration reassigns ctx-\u003efile.  The list_add_tail() then runs on file B\u0027s\nevent_list holding only file A\u0027s mutex:\n\n  list_add corruption. prev-\u003enext should be next (ffff888101320f30),\n    but was ffff88814a08c418. (prev=ffff88814a075c18).\n  kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:32!\n  Call Trace:\n   ucma_write_cm_event+0x36e/0x5e0\n\nand file A\u0027s mut is left held forever, wedging its next writer in D state.\nThe uevent is also stranded on a list ucma_cleanup_ctx_events() will not\nwalk, so it outlives its context.  /dev/infiniband/rdma_cm is 0666 and no\nRDMA device is involved, so an unprivileged user reaches all of this.\n\nTake the handler lock, as ucma_cleanup_mc_events() does; ctx-\u003ecm_id is\npinned by the ucma_get_ctx() reference."
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CVE-2026-89507 (GCVE-0-2026-89507)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:43 – Updated: 2026-09-13 06:30

Title

RDMA/ucma: Lock the handler in ucma_write_cm_event()

Summary

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f8bb11dd2ff365e7…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0be1955040a2eceed…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4cc21c6a8e9d3928…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: a3c9d0fcd3715541bbf97da2ddde9d032e2fe6d5 , < 4f8bb11dd2ff365e7cff1c9964ab4607292d364e (git) Affected: a3c9d0fcd3715541bbf97da2ddde9d032e2fe6d5 , < 0be1955040a2eceed0ecfc387fdc92305411d273 (git) Affected: a3c9d0fcd3715541bbf97da2ddde9d032e2fe6d5 , < f4cc21c6a8e9d392871477f9fd98d68e5ad80272 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.18 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.18 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.50 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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