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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-74334",
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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-08-15T05:44:03.885Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:58:26.455Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:46:03.176Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/nldev: Fix locking when accessing mr->pd\n\nSashiko points out that, due to rereg_mr, the PD is actually variable and\nall the touches in nldev are racy.\n\nUse mr->device instead of mr->pd->device.\n\nGetting the PD restrack ID is more tricky. To avoid disturbing all the\nhappy paths, add an rdma_restrack_sync() operation which is sort of like\nflush_workqueue() or synchronize_irq(): after it returns, all the old\nnldev touches to the mr are gone and everything sees the new PD. This\nmakes it safe to reach into the PD pointer."
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                        "baseScore": 7.8,
                        "baseSeverity": "HIGH"
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                            "lang": "en",
                            "value": "AV:L - The bug is reached via local NETLINK_RDMA nldev MR resource dumps and concurrent IB_USER_VERBS_CMD_REREG_MR ioctl on /dev/infiniband/uverbs; it is not triggered by remote RDMA/InfiniBand/RoCE network traffic.\nAC:L - An attacker controls both race sides by spawning threads that hammer rereg_mr with IB_MR_REREG_PD and nldev RES_MR_GET dumps, optionally deallocating the old PD; no timing or layout conditions outside attacker control are required.\nPR:L - Exploitation needs only local uverbs access (device nodes default 0666) plus NETLINK_RDMA dumps; CAP_NET_ADMIN for netlink send is obtainable by unprivileged users via user namespaces, not real init-namespace root.\nUI:N - No victim interaction is required; the attacker triggers both the rereg_mr PD change and the concurrent nldev MR dump from their own process.\nS:U - Impact is kernel heap corruption and privilege escalation within the host kernel security boundary, not a VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or cross-authority sandbox breakout.\nC:H - Concurrent rereg_mr can free the old ib_pd while nldev still dereferences mr->pd for device and res.id, creating a use-after-free that enables arbitrary kernel memory disclosure via controlled reuse of freed slab objects.\nI:H - The ib_pd UAF is exploitable for heap grooming and arbitrary kernel write or control-flow hijack, not merely a bounded data corruption or guaranteed crash.\nA:H - The race reliably causes kernel oops or panic from dereferencing a freed ib_pd during nldev dumps, and UAF exploitation can additionally crash or hang the system during heap manipulation."
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