CVE-2026-68425
HighCVSS 7.1Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk17th percentile - higher than 17% of all known CVEs
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the IB/mad subsystem has a vulnerability that allows processing unsolicited RMPP responses before they are matched to an outstanding request. This can lead to allocation or extension of RMPP state for responses that do not correspond to any sent request. The fix requires that for kernel-handled RMPP DATA responses, a match via ib_find_send_mad() must exist before entering RMPP reassembly.
Risk Assessment
The vulnerability may allow an attacker to send crafted packets that cause improper behavior of the RMPP stack, potentially leading to system crashes or data integrity issues.
Recommendation
Apply the official Linux kernel patch that introduces the requirement to match RMPP responses before processing.
Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/mad: Drop unmatched RMPP responses before reassembly Kernel-handled RMPP receive processing starts reassembly for active DATA responses before the response is matched to an outstanding send. The normal match happens later, after ib_process_rmpp_recv_wc() has either assembled a complete message or consumed the segment. That ordering lets an unsolicited response that routes to a kernel RMPP agent by the high TID bits allocate or extend RMPP receive state before the full TID and source address are checked against a real request. A reordered burst can therefore reach the receive-side insertion path even though the response would not match any send. For kernel-handled RMPP DATA responses, require the existing ib_find_send_mad() match before entering RMPP reassembly. The matcher already checks the full TID, management class and source address/GID against the agent wait, backlog and in-flight send lists. If there is no match, drop the response without creating RMPP state. This leaves the RMPP window behavior unchanged and only rejects responses that have no corresponding request.

