CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-98354

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

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

Summary

In the Linux kernel RDMA/mad subsystem, a receive buffer leak was found when PKey enforcement fails. ib_mad_complete_recv() initializes rmpp_list but calls ib_mad_enforce_security() before linking the buffer, and on failure nothing is freed. A remote node can repeatedly send MADs with wrong PKey, causing memory leak.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker can repeatedly send MAD packets with invalid PKey, leading to kernel memory exhaustion and potential system crash.

Recommendation

Install the Linux kernel patch that fixes the buffer leak. Restrict access to InfiniBand/OPA ports to trusted senders.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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