CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-43494

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, in the RDS stack, when iov_iter_get_pages2() fails in rds_message_zcopy_from_user(), pages are released but rm->data.op_nents is not reset. Later, rds_message_purge() iterates over the incorrect non-zero op_nents and frees them again, leading to a double free.

Risk Assessment

A double free can lead to data corruption, system crash, or potentially arbitrary code execution by an attacker.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version that includes the fix resetting op_nents on failure in rds_message_zcopy_from_user().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/rds: reset op_nents when zerocopy page pin fails When iov_iter_get_pages2() fails in rds_message_zcopy_from_user(), the pinned pages are released with put_page(), and rm->data.op_mmp_znotifier is cleared. But we fail to properly clear rm->data.op_nents. Later when rds_message_purge() is called from rds_sendmsg() the cleanup loop iterates over the incorrectly non zero number of op_nents and frees them again. Fix this by properly resetting op_nents when it should be in rds_message_zcopy_from_user().

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