{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-74397", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-15T05:44:03.891Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:59:09.329Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:46:42.049Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:46:42.049Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nIB/mlx5: Fix transport-domain rollback and initialize lb mutex earlier\n\nmlx5_ib_alloc_transport_domain() allocates a transport domain and then\nmay fail in mlx5_ib_enable_lb(). In that case, the allocated TD is leaked.\n\nFix this by deallocating the TD when mlx5_ib_enable_lb() returns an\nerror. Also return 0 explicitly in the no-loopback-capability success\nbranch, and move dev->lb.mutex initialization to mlx5_ib_stage_init_init()." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - Reachable only via local ibverbs syscalls (ioctl/write) on /dev/infiniband/uverbsX through mlx5_ib_alloc_ucontext() and mlx5_ib_create_qp(); not via remote RoCE/IB packet handling.\nAC:L - An attacker can reliably open uverbs and create raw-packet QPs with self-loopback flags to invoke mlx5_ib_enable_lb(); TD leaks are repeatable by looping alloc_ucontext and can force enable_lb failure via memory pressure or firmware errors.\nPR:L - Kernel creates uverbs device nodes as world-accessible (0666); alloc_ucontext and create_qp require no real root/CAP_SYS_ADMIN, only local access to the mlx5 RDMA character device on hosts with the hardware.\nUI:N - Exploitation needs only attacker-driven ibverbs calls; no victim interaction such as mounting filesystems, clicking links, or opening files is required.\nS:U - Impact stays within the host kernel mlx5 RDMA driver scope; this is not a VM escape, IOMMU/DMA boundary bypass, or other cross-security-authority compromise per kernel CVSS guidance.\nC:H - Locking an uninitialized dev->lb.mutex in mlx5_ib_enable_lb()/disable_lb is undefined behavior that can corrupt kernel memory and be leveraged for arbitrary kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - Uninitialized mutex use during ucontext transport-domain setup or raw-packet QP creation can corrupt adjacent kernel structures and enable arbitrary write or control-flow hijack primitives.\nA:H - Invalid mutex operations can kernel panic/oops; repeated alloc_ucontext without TD rollback on mlx5_ib_enable_lb() failure exhausts transport domains and denies further RDMA context/QP creation (DoS)." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "146d2f1af3245a10b13eef263687e54f4e253d1d", "lessThan": "2c3b2667dad69d56774b79db763acb3a1bee0fc0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "146d2f1af3245a10b13eef263687e54f4e253d1d", "lessThan": "37fc3cc0f924fd8d0f0cf87b92672dec75a32e57", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "146d2f1af3245a10b13eef263687e54f4e253d1d", "lessThan": "65e344925fa30abf50c8de8c150b397715fa2066", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "146d2f1af3245a10b13eef263687e54f4e253d1d", "lessThan": "f88e12c95fc19f719e06ca1e9eb20fdad68ef61a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "146d2f1af3245a10b13eef263687e54f4e253d1d", "lessThan": "e79389115b9d27287ff6230a9750675106ed7668", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4.5", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.5", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.145", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.97", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.40", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.145" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.97" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.40" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.5", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c3b2667dad69d56774b79db763acb3a1bee0fc0" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37fc3cc0f924fd8d0f0cf87b92672dec75a32e57" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65e344925fa30abf50c8de8c150b397715fa2066" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f88e12c95fc19f719e06ca1e9eb20fdad68ef61a" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e79389115b9d27287ff6230a9750675106ed7668" } ], "title": "IB/mlx5: Fix transport-domain rollback and initialize lb mutex earlier", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }