GHSA-RG83-2J3J-4HMC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-27 15:31 – Updated: 2026-10-30 15:32
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/mlx5: Fix a WARN during dereg_mr for DM type

Memory regions (MR) of type DM (device memory) do not have an associated umem.

In the __mlx5_ib_dereg_mr() -> mlx5_free_priv_descs() flow, the code incorrectly takes the wrong branch, attempting to call dma_unmap_single() on a DMA address that is not mapped.

This results in a WARN [1], as shown below.

The issue is resolved by properly accounting for the DM type and ensuring the correct branch is selected in mlx5_free_priv_descs().

[1] WARNING: CPU: 12 PID: 1346 at drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c:1230 iommu_dma_unmap_page+0x79/0x90 Modules linked in: ip6table_mangle ip6table_nat ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_mangle xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss oid_registry ovelay rpcrdma rdma_ucm ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ib_umad rdma_cm ib_ipoib iw_cm ib_cm mlx5_ib ib_uverbs ib_core fuse mlx5_core CPU: 12 UID: 0 PID: 1346 Comm: ibv_rc_pingpong Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7+ #1631 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:iommu_dma_unmap_page+0x79/0x90 Code: 2b 49 3b 29 72 26 49 3b 69 08 73 20 4d 89 f0 44 89 e9 4c 89 e2 48 89 ee 48 89 df 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f e9 07 b8 88 ff <0f> 0b 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc 66 0f 1f 44 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc90001913a10 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88810194b0a8 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: ffff88810194b0a8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f537abdd740(0000) GS:ffff88885fb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f537aeb8000 CR3: 000000010c248001 CR4: 0000000000372eb0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: ? __warn+0x84/0x190 ? iommu_dma_unmap_page+0x79/0x90 ? report_bug+0xf8/0x1c0 ? handle_bug+0x55/0x90 ? exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x60 ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 ? iommu_dma_unmap_page+0x79/0x90 dma_unmap_page_attrs+0xe6/0x290 mlx5_free_priv_descs+0xb0/0xe0 [mlx5_ib] __mlx5_ib_dereg_mr+0x37e/0x520 [mlx5_ib] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x24/0x40 ? wait_for_completion+0xfe/0x130 ? rdma_restrack_put+0x63/0xe0 [ib_core] ib_dereg_mr_user+0x5f/0x120 [ib_core] ? lock_release+0xc6/0x280 destroy_hw_idr_uobject+0x1d/0x60 [ib_uverbs] uverbs_destroy_uobject+0x58/0x1d0 [ib_uverbs] uobj_destroy+0x3f/0x70 [ib_uverbs] ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x3e4/0xbb0 [ib_uverbs] ? __pfx_uverbs_destroy_def_handler+0x10/0x10 [ib_uverbs] ? lock_acquire+0xc1/0x2f0 ? ib_uverbs_ioctl+0xcb/0x170 [ib_uverbs] ? ib_uverbs_ioctl+0x116/0x170 [ib_uverbs] ? lock_release+0xc6/0x280 ib_uverbs_ioctl+0xe7/0x170 [ib_uverbs] ? ib_uverbs_ioctl+0xcb/0x170 [ib_uverbs] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x1b0/0xa70 do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x140 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7f537adaf17b Code: 0f 1e fa 48 8b 05 1d ad 0c 00 64 c7 00 26 00 00 00 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d ed ac 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffff218f0b8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffff218f1d8 RCX: 00007f537adaf17b RDX: 00007ffff218f1c0 RSI: 00000000c0181b01 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007ffff218f1a0 R08: 00007f537aa8d010 R09: 0000561ee2e4f270 R10: 00007f537aace3a8 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffff218f190 R13: 000000000000001c R14: 0000561ee2e4d7c0 R15: 00007ffff218f450

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-21888"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-03-27T15:15:56Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/mlx5: Fix a WARN during dereg_mr for DM type\n\nMemory regions (MR) of type DM (device memory) do not have an associated\numem.\n\nIn the __mlx5_ib_dereg_mr() -\u003e mlx5_free_priv_descs() flow, the code\nincorrectly takes the wrong branch, attempting to call\ndma_unmap_single() on a DMA address that is not mapped.\n\nThis results in a WARN [1], as shown below.\n\nThe issue is resolved by properly accounting for the DM type and\nensuring the correct branch is selected in mlx5_free_priv_descs().\n\n[1]\nWARNING: CPU: 12 PID: 1346 at drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c:1230 iommu_dma_unmap_page+0x79/0x90\nModules linked in: ip6table_mangle ip6table_nat ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_mangle xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss oid_registry ovelay rpcrdma rdma_ucm ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ib_umad rdma_cm ib_ipoib iw_cm ib_cm mlx5_ib ib_uverbs ib_core fuse mlx5_core\nCPU: 12 UID: 0 PID: 1346 Comm: ibv_rc_pingpong Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7+ #1631\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:iommu_dma_unmap_page+0x79/0x90\nCode: 2b 49 3b 29 72 26 49 3b 69 08 73 20 4d 89 f0 44 89 e9 4c 89 e2 48 89 ee 48 89 df 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f e9 07 b8 88 ff \u003c0f\u003e 0b 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc 66 0f 1f 44 00\nRSP: 0018:ffffc90001913a10 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88810194b0a8 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000001\nRBP: ffff88810194b0a8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000\nR13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000\nFS:  00007f537abdd740(0000) GS:ffff88885fb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007f537aeb8000 CR3: 000000010c248001 CR4: 0000000000372eb0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n\u003cTASK\u003e\n? __warn+0x84/0x190\n? iommu_dma_unmap_page+0x79/0x90\n? report_bug+0xf8/0x1c0\n? handle_bug+0x55/0x90\n? exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x60\n? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20\n? iommu_dma_unmap_page+0x79/0x90\ndma_unmap_page_attrs+0xe6/0x290\nmlx5_free_priv_descs+0xb0/0xe0 [mlx5_ib]\n__mlx5_ib_dereg_mr+0x37e/0x520 [mlx5_ib]\n? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x24/0x40\n? wait_for_completion+0xfe/0x130\n? rdma_restrack_put+0x63/0xe0 [ib_core]\nib_dereg_mr_user+0x5f/0x120 [ib_core]\n? lock_release+0xc6/0x280\ndestroy_hw_idr_uobject+0x1d/0x60 [ib_uverbs]\nuverbs_destroy_uobject+0x58/0x1d0 [ib_uverbs]\nuobj_destroy+0x3f/0x70 [ib_uverbs]\nib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x3e4/0xbb0 [ib_uverbs]\n? __pfx_uverbs_destroy_def_handler+0x10/0x10 [ib_uverbs]\n? lock_acquire+0xc1/0x2f0\n? ib_uverbs_ioctl+0xcb/0x170 [ib_uverbs]\n? ib_uverbs_ioctl+0x116/0x170 [ib_uverbs]\n? lock_release+0xc6/0x280\nib_uverbs_ioctl+0xe7/0x170 [ib_uverbs]\n? ib_uverbs_ioctl+0xcb/0x170 [ib_uverbs]\n__x64_sys_ioctl+0x1b0/0xa70\ndo_syscall_64+0x6b/0x140\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\nRIP: 0033:0x7f537adaf17b\nCode: 0f 1e fa 48 8b 05 1d ad 0c 00 64 c7 00 26 00 00 00 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 \u003c48\u003e 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d ed ac 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48\nRSP: 002b:00007ffff218f0b8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffff218f1d8 RCX: 00007f537adaf17b\nRDX: 00007ffff218f1c0 RSI: 00000000c0181b01 RDI: 0000000000000003\nRBP: 00007ffff218f1a0 R08: 00007f537aa8d010 R09: 0000561ee2e4f270\nR10: 00007f537aace3a8 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffff218f190\nR13: 000000000000001c R14: 0000561ee2e4d7c0 R15: 00007ffff218f450\n\u003c/TASK\u003e",
  "id": "GHSA-rg83-2j3j-4hmc",
  "modified": "2026-10-30T15:32:03Z",
  "published": "2025-03-27T15:31:12Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21888"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bd34bdd468e93a779c403de3cf7d43ee633b3e0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e59f56161cccc437d665212d5c3ea3f1c3f5a1f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fe3c674ef289cdc0760fe787e7584d805ab9301"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abc7b3f1f056d69a8f11d6dceecc0c9549ace770"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1298cad47ae29828c5c5be77e733ccfcaef6a7f"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}



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