CVE-2026-98354

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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.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-06 09:18:28.883000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:18:38.097000

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-06T09:18:28.883",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:38.097",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/mad: Fix receive buffer leak when PKey enforcement fails\n\nib_mad_complete_recv() initializes mad_recv_wc->rmpp_list and then runs\nib_mad_enforce_security() before linking recv_buf onto that list.  On\nfailure it calls ib_free_recv_mad(), which only walks rmpp_list and frees\nthe ib_mad_private of every buffer found there.  As the list is still\nempty at that point, nothing is freed at all.\n\nThe caller cannot clean up either: ib_mad_recv_done() sets recv to NULL\nright after ib_mad_complete_recv() returns, assuming the MAD layer took\nownership of the buffer.  Every MAD that fails the PKey check therefore\nleaks one ib_mad_private (about 300 bytes per IB port MAD, ~2K for OPA),\nand a remote node can trigger this repeatedly by sending MADs with a\nwrong PKey.\n\nLink recv_buf onto rmpp_list right after the list is initialized, so the\nerror path has something to free."
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