CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-93037

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the RDMA hfi1 driver's set_txreq_header_ahg() ignores the return value of sdma_txinit_ahg(). When initialization fails, tx->txreq is not initialized, yet the caller continues processing the request as though it had succeeded.

Risk Assessment

Continuing to process an uninitialized structure can corrupt memory or crash the kernel, resulting in denial of service.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that propagates sdma_txinit_ahg() failures to the caller and aborts request processing.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/hfi1: Propagate sdma_txinit_ahg() errors set_txreq_header_ahg() ignores the return value of sdma_txinit_ahg(). If sdma_txinit_ahg() fails, it returns before initializing tx->txreq. However, set_txreq_header_ahg() ignores the error and returns the AHG change count, causing the caller to continue processing the request as though initialization had succeeded. Propagate sdma_txinit_ahg() failures to the caller and abort request processing when initialization fails. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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