CVE-2026-74297 (GCVE-0-2026-74297)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:58 – Updated: 2026-10-16 18:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
RDMA/mlx5: Fix undefined shift of user RQ WQE size
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/mlx5: Fix undefined shift of user RQ WQE size
set_rq_size() computes the RQ WQE size as "1 << rq_wqe_shift" based on
the user-provided rq_wqe_shift, which is only checked to be greater than
32, so shifts of 32 are still accepted. A shift of 31 also overflows a
signed integer, leading to undefined behavior.
Use check_shl_overflow() to compute the RQ WQE size and reject any
invalid values.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 18:52 UTC
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < 9fff54929cc00849d738faa99f06c32399aeb026
(git)
Affected: e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < b746f949c2ac2b041102836095d6d4a2ef21fa75 (git) Affected: e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < c1dbf52d24a8cb1aa56780ba51b72e7d495f258c (git) Affected: e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < 6fc874fdfb366bfb11c62e6af9a831c8be59ddda (git) Affected: e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < 42f3d2c8c18b92ea33e506a38b64f1a8986c2823 (git) Affected: e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < 4b87a2497276a72fd63028e7419abf0fb7ed837b (git) Affected: e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < b732db02a2b04cde393638df19de6251ce62a74e (git) Affected: e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c , < d881d60223aac8fdc12b227d89c76e131e92a9cd (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
3.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.11 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.261 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.212 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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