{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-72496", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-09T03:40:39.937Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:57:29.723Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-16T18:55:27.134Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-03T10:55:55.579Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/bnxt_re: Proper rollback if the ioremap fails\n\nbnxt_qplib_alloc_dpi returns success even if ioremap fails.\nAdd the proper rollback when the ioremap fails and return\n-ENOMEM status." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 9.2, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The flaw is reached only through local RDMA uverbs ioctl/write on /dev/infiniband/uverbs* (ibv_alloc_pd and BNXT_RE_ALLOC_WC_PAGE call bnxt_qplib_alloc_dpi); remote RoCE packet handling and in-kernel RDMA target/server paths never invoke this DPI setup routine.\nAC:L - An attacker can induce vmalloc/ioremap failure with local memory pressure, then repeatedly invoke alloc_pd or WC-page allocation; each call deterministically leaves a consumed DPI with NULL dbr, and subsequent create_cq/QP/SRQ doorbell rings fault without races or uncontrollable layout.\nPR:N - ib_uverbs creates per-device character nodes as mode 0666, so any local process can open uverbs, allocate a context, and call alloc_pd or alloc_page without CAP_SYS_ADMIN, init-namespace root, or other elevated capabilities on typical HPC/cloud RDMA hosts.\nUI:N - Exploitation requires only the attacker's own RDMA verbs sequence (alloc_context, alloc_pd or alloc_page, then create_cq/QP/SRQ and I/O); no cooperative action by another user, administrator, or victim mounting devices or opening files is needed.\nS:C - On Kubernetes/HPC hosts exposing bnxt_re to tenant containers or unprivileged RDMA workloads, triggering host-kernel NULL doorbell writes or exhausting finite DPI indices from a workload crosses the container/tenant security boundary to the hypervisor/host authority.\nC:L - Returning success after failed ioremap leaves DPI metadata and a mmapable BAR doorbell offset active while kernel dpi->dbr stays NULL, disclosing doorbell-index/BAR layout to the caller and enabling follow-on corruption when doorbells are later rung.\nI:H - With dpi->dbr left NULL, bnxt_qplib_ring_db and ring_prod_db issue writeq() to NULL during CQ, SQ, RQ, and SRQ doorbell updates on subsequent verbs activity, providing a kernel write primitive and control-flow disruption beyond a benign error return.\nA:H - NULL doorbell writeq faults oops or panic the kernel when CQ/QP/SRQ objects are used after the bogus allocation, and each successful-but-broken DPI allocation permanently consumes a finite doorbell index, enabling repeated denial of RDMA service to other tenants." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_res.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "0ac20faf5d837b59fb4c041ea320932ed47fd67f", "lessThan": "00444baa8f74d220764ee5903f60759c120cabd5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0ac20faf5d837b59fb4c041ea320932ed47fd67f", "lessThan": "3c69ff7f4a761e18ce8abfa0c98e12097b39adaa", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0ac20faf5d837b59fb4c041ea320932ed47fd67f", "lessThan": "f956477c343aa73e9d9c8d6ebf32efac7cd4f4e2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0ac20faf5d837b59fb4c041ea320932ed47fd67f", "lessThan": "303f6fef95df5e5316970746d861cf6daeeca77f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0ac20faf5d837b59fb4c041ea320932ed47fd67f", "lessThan": "87267803a8c824616eb147c5dad7030a5db6f878", "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/bnxt_re/qplib_res.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.5", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.5", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.158", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.111", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.53", "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": "6.5", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.158" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.5", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.111" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.5", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.53" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.5", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.5", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00444baa8f74d220764ee5903f60759c120cabd5" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c69ff7f4a761e18ce8abfa0c98e12097b39adaa" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f956477c343aa73e9d9c8d6ebf32efac7cd4f4e2" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/303f6fef95df5e5316970746d861cf6daeeca77f" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87267803a8c824616eb147c5dad7030a5db6f878" } ], "title": "RDMA/bnxt_re: Proper rollback if the ioremap fails", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2026-72496", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2026-10-16T18:51:05.048761Z" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-16T18:55:27.134Z" } } ] } }