7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-72464
xprtrdma: Repost Receive buffers for malformed replies
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xprtrdma: Repost Receive buffers for malformed replies rpcrdma_wc_receive() decrements the transport's Receive count for every completion before it dispatches a successful Receive to rpcrdma_reply_handler(). The handler must post a replacement Receive WR before returning unless ownership of the rep has moved elsewhere, as on the backchannel path. Commit 2ae50ad68cd7 ("xprtrdma: Close window between waking RPC senders and posting Receives") moved the Receive refill out of rpcrdma_wc_receive(), where it had run ahead of every reply, into rpcrdma_reply_handler() so that the responder's credit grant could be parsed before reposting. The bad-version and short-reply exits never reach that refill: they recycle the rep and return without calling rpcrdma_post_recvs(). A remote peer can therefore drain the client's posted Receive queue by sending a sustained stream of replies that are shorter than the fixed transport header or that carry an unrecognized RPC/RDMA version. Each such reply consumes one posted Receive without replacing it. Once the queue empties, the peer's next Send finds no posted Receive and the transport stalls until reconnect. Route both malformed-reply exits through the shared repost tail after recycling the rep, refilling against buf->rb_credits, the most recent accepted credit grant. Neither exit updates the congestion window, so RPCs admitted under the previous grant remain in flight awaiting replies. A smaller refill target would let a stream of malformed replies ratchet the posted Receive count down to the batch floor while the congestion window still admits rb_credits RPCs; a burst of valid replies to those RPCs could then overrun the posted Receives, and because the client connects with rnr_retry_count of zero, a single RNR NAK terminates the connection. Refilling against rb_credits also restores the target that applied to malformed replies before commit 2ae50ad68cd7 ("xprtrdma: Close window between waking RPC senders and posting Receives") when rpcrdma_post_recvs() computed it from rb_credits internally. rb_credits is at least one from connection establishment onward, so the repost path always keeps Receives posted.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 15, 2026, 6:22 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 17, 2026, 6:19 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Solution
Apply the patch to prevent a remote peer from draining the Receive queue and causing a stall.
  • Apply the provided Linux kernel patch.
  • Update the Linux kernel to the patched version.
  • Ensure Receive buffers are refilled after malformed replies.
  • Configure appropriate rnr_retry_count values.
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  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Aug. 17, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Affected [{'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': 'ef6fb8a5c521f1a07f85202d13e8f2898f247362', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': '4322fd9645ee769ad29ce5caea74a1cd9b17269d', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': '19fae02b272ee4bcdfb5db57f402d28f1697167a', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': '007b4da2f38dcc16a13265416f4ca9f179bab610', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': 'd7c531ab477ae94fd03771d707fd29c787408039', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': 'abc011ddaf1617e3e82d8a1e87daa7ddbfb9bac5', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '3791c5982ba1eebf2900ee7ca7b9a89619c26d54', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.4.13', 'lessThan': '5.5', 'versionType': 'semver'}], 'programFiles': ['net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.5'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '0', 'lessThan': '5.5', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.1.178', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.6.145', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.6.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.12.97', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.12.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.18.40', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.18.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.1.5', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '7.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.2-rc1', 'versionType': 'original_commit_for_fix', 'lessThanOrEqual': '*'}], 'programFiles': ['net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}] [{'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': 'ef6fb8a5c521f1a07f85202d13e8f2898f247362', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': '4322fd9645ee769ad29ce5caea74a1cd9b17269d', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': '19fae02b272ee4bcdfb5db57f402d28f1697167a', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': '007b4da2f38dcc16a13265416f4ca9f179bab610', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': 'd7c531ab477ae94fd03771d707fd29c787408039', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': 'abc011ddaf1617e3e82d8a1e87daa7ddbfb9bac5', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '3791c5982ba1eebf2900ee7ca7b9a89619c26d54', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.4.13', 'lessThan': '5.5', 'versionType': 'semver'}], 'programFiles': ['net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.5'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '0', 'lessThan': '5.5', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.1.178', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.6.145', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.6.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.12.97', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.12.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.18.40', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.18.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.1.5', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '7.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.2', 'versionType': 'original_commit_for_fix', 'lessThanOrEqual': '*'}], 'programFiles': ['net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}]
  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Aug. 15, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': 'ef6fb8a5c521f1a07f85202d13e8f2898f247362', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': '4322fd9645ee769ad29ce5caea74a1cd9b17269d', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': '19fae02b272ee4bcdfb5db57f402d28f1697167a', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': '007b4da2f38dcc16a13265416f4ca9f179bab610', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': 'd7c531ab477ae94fd03771d707fd29c787408039', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '2ae50ad68cd79224198b525f7bd645c9da98b6ff', 'lessThan': 'abc011ddaf1617e3e82d8a1e87daa7ddbfb9bac5', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '3791c5982ba1eebf2900ee7ca7b9a89619c26d54', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.4.13', 'lessThan': '5.5', 'versionType': 'semver'}], 'programFiles': ['net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.5'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '0', 'lessThan': '5.5', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.1.178', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.6.145', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.6.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.12.97', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.12.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.18.40', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.18.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.1.5', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '7.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.2-rc1', 'versionType': 'original_commit_for_fix', 'lessThanOrEqual': '*'}], 'programFiles': ['net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}]
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xprtrdma: Repost Receive buffers for malformed replies rpcrdma_wc_receive() decrements the transport's Receive count for every completion before it dispatches a successful Receive to rpcrdma_reply_handler(). The handler must post a replacement Receive WR before returning unless ownership of the rep has moved elsewhere, as on the backchannel path. Commit 2ae50ad68cd7 ("xprtrdma: Close window between waking RPC senders and posting Receives") moved the Receive refill out of rpcrdma_wc_receive(), where it had run ahead of every reply, into rpcrdma_reply_handler() so that the responder's credit grant could be parsed before reposting. The bad-version and short-reply exits never reach that refill: they recycle the rep and return without calling rpcrdma_post_recvs(). A remote peer can therefore drain the client's posted Receive queue by sending a sustained stream of replies that are shorter than the fixed transport header or that carry an unrecognized RPC/RDMA version. Each such reply consumes one posted Receive without replacing it. Once the queue empties, the peer's next Send finds no posted Receive and the transport stalls until reconnect. Route both malformed-reply exits through the shared repost tail after recycling the rep, refilling against buf->rb_credits, the most recent accepted credit grant. Neither exit updates the congestion window, so RPCs admitted under the previous grant remain in flight awaiting replies. A smaller refill target would let a stream of malformed replies ratchet the posted Receive count down to the batch floor while the congestion window still admits rb_credits RPCs; a burst of valid replies to those RPCs could then overrun the posted Receives, and because the client connects with rnr_retry_count of zero, a single RNR NAK terminates the connection. Refilling against rb_credits also restores the target that applied to malformed replies before commit 2ae50ad68cd7 ("xprtrdma: Close window between waking RPC senders and posting Receives") when rpcrdma_post_recvs() computed it from rb_credits internally. rb_credits is at least one from connection establishment onward, so the repost path always keeps Receives posted.
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/007b4da2f38dcc16a13265416f4ca9f179bab610
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19fae02b272ee4bcdfb5db57f402d28f1697167a
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4322fd9645ee769ad29ce5caea74a1cd9b17269d
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abc011ddaf1617e3e82d8a1e87daa7ddbfb9bac5
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7c531ab477ae94fd03771d707fd29c787408039
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef6fb8a5c521f1a07f85202d13e8f2898f247362
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