CVE-2026-46176

HIGH

RDMA/mlx5: Fix error path fall-through in mlx5_ib_dev_res_srq_init()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Fix error path fall-through in mlx5_ib_dev_res_srq_init() mlx5_ib_dev_res_srq_init() allocates two SRQs, s0 and s1. When ib_create_srq() fails for s1, the error branch destroys s0 but falls through and unconditionally assigns the freed s0 and the ERR_PTR s1 to devr->s0 and devr->s1. This leads to several problems: the lock-free fast path checks "if (devr->s1) return 0;" and treats the ERR_PTR as already initialised; users in mlx5_ib_create_qp() dereference the freed SRQ or ERR_PTR via to_msrq(devr->s0)->msrq.srqn; and mlx5_ib_dev_res_cleanup() dereferences the ERR_PTR and double-frees s0 on teardown. Fix by adding the same `goto unlock` in the s1 failure path.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-825
Status published
Products (20)
linux/Kernel < 6.6.140linux
linux/Kernel 6.11.0 - 6.18.30linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 7.0.7linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.88linux
Linux/Linux < 6.11
Linux/Linux 5895e70f2e6e8dc67b551ca554d6fcde0a7f0467 - 6fd93142dd1d09000c3750af08270f5792523fe9
Linux/Linux 5895e70f2e6e8dc67b551ca554d6fcde0a7f0467 - b087913ae88256df66620f7ba0a9776716aeef7e
Linux/Linux 5895e70f2e6e8dc67b551ca554d6fcde0a7f0467 - bc2cf5935b4665172235341163315905197ae91d
Linux/Linux 5895e70f2e6e8dc67b551ca554d6fcde0a7f0467 - c488df06bd552bb8b6e14fa0cfd5ad986c6e9525
Linux/Linux 6.11
... and 10 more
Published May 28, 2026
Tracked Since May 28, 2026