FKIE_CVE-2026-72466

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:22 - Updated: 2026-10-16 19:17
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xprtrdma: Fix bcall rep leak and unbounded peek rpcrdma_is_bcall() decodes a reply's first words to decide whether the frame is a backchannel call. Two issues in that decode path let a short or malformed reply leak the receive buffer and drain the Receive queue. First, the speculative peek p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 0); /* five p++ reads follow */ asks xdr_inline_decode() for zero bytes, which returns xdr->p without consulting xdr->end. The five subsequent __be32 reads can then walk up to 20 bytes past the wire payload into stale regbuf contents and misclassify the reply as a backchannel call. Second, after the post-peek p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 3 * sizeof(*p)); if (unlikely(!p)) return true; the short-header arm returns true without calling rpcrdma_bc_receive_call(). The contract with the caller is that a true return transfers ownership of rep to the backchannel path: rpcrdma_reply_handler() if (rpcrdma_is_bcall(r_xprt, rep)) return; /* bare return, skips out_post */ ... out_post: rpcrdma_post_recvs(r_xprt, credits + ...); Because rpcrdma_bc_receive_call() never ran, no one took rep, but rpcrdma_reply_handler still bare-returns past rpcrdma_rep_put() and rpcrdma_post_recvs(). The rep, with its persistently DMA-mapped receive buffer, is orphaned on rb_all_reps and freed only at transport teardown. This completion reposts nothing, so its slot is reclaimed only when a later forward-channel reply reaches out_post and rpcrdma_post_recvs() allocates a fresh rep to backfill; absent that traffic the Receive queue drains and the peer's Sends draw RNR NAKs. Fix by consulting xdr->end after the zero-length peek so the five __be32 reads cannot run unless 20 bytes of wire payload remain. A byte-precise comparison against xdr->end is required because a non-4-aligned receive rounds the stream's word count up past the true payload. Also return false from the short-header arm so the reply falls through the normal out_norqst cleanup chain (rpcrdma_rep_put() plus rpcrdma_post_recvs()).
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07aa506436be7634e381e1e1f6d0efa9efc81ecc
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cee8f9c3b14bd6dee9c4310090a7f45b89b834f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/118a16a18c59f7ad8084b2d13988839b669fca10
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7afc2f8d2fd9394724df9eaf22ce7a71029a5fba
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b5346284a184a6b7d019912232a571d672d3e3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7653d5cebc8492c77ec0415b5e9c0fb3e644bc6
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7a2870dde3bb09d51d6b9c877642996ad6b92dd
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxprtrdma: Fix bcall rep leak and unbounded peek\n\nrpcrdma_is_bcall() decodes a reply\u0027s first words to decide whether\nthe frame is a backchannel call. Two issues in that decode path\nlet a short or malformed reply leak the receive buffer and drain\nthe Receive queue.\n\nFirst, the speculative peek\n\n    p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 0);\n    /* five p++ reads follow */\n\nasks xdr_inline_decode() for zero bytes, which returns xdr-\u003ep\nwithout consulting xdr-\u003eend. The five subsequent __be32 reads can\nthen walk up to 20 bytes past the wire payload into stale regbuf\ncontents and misclassify the reply as a backchannel call.\n\nSecond, after the post-peek\n\n    p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 3 * sizeof(*p));\n    if (unlikely(!p))\n            return true;\n\nthe short-header arm returns true without calling\nrpcrdma_bc_receive_call(). The contract with the caller is that a\ntrue return transfers ownership of rep to the backchannel path:\n\n    rpcrdma_reply_handler()\n      if (rpcrdma_is_bcall(r_xprt, rep))\n              return;        /* bare return, skips out_post */\n      ...\n    out_post:\n      rpcrdma_post_recvs(r_xprt, credits + ...);\n\nBecause rpcrdma_bc_receive_call() never ran, no one took rep, but\nrpcrdma_reply_handler still bare-returns past rpcrdma_rep_put()\nand rpcrdma_post_recvs(). The rep, with its persistently\nDMA-mapped receive buffer, is orphaned on rb_all_reps and freed\nonly at transport teardown. This completion reposts nothing, so\nits slot is reclaimed only when a later forward-channel reply\nreaches out_post and rpcrdma_post_recvs() allocates a fresh rep to\nbackfill; absent that traffic the Receive queue drains and the\npeer\u0027s Sends draw RNR NAKs.\n\nFix by consulting xdr-\u003eend after the zero-length peek so the five\n__be32 reads cannot run unless 20 bytes of wire payload remain. A\nbyte-precise comparison against xdr-\u003eend is required because a\nnon-4-aligned receive rounds the stream\u0027s word count up past the\ntrue payload. Also return false from the short-header arm so the\nreply falls through the normal out_norqst cleanup chain\n(rpcrdma_rep_put() plus rpcrdma_post_recvs())."
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  "lastModified": "2026-10-16T19:17:31.700",
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          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "baseScore": 9.8,
          "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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