svcrdma: Validate Read chunk positions before reconstruction
CVE-2026-89526 · published 11 Sept 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: critical, CVSS score 9.8 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: d96962e6d0e281bab6a48e83b42f5dce6eb28bf4 to < 3861eeabaebe243050952b34063763527c44e1fe, d96962e6d0e281bab6a48e83b42f5dce6eb28bf4 to < 5ab3f6d882fe07ae5e61d0bcfeea00b9409155c2, d96962e6d0e281bab6a48e83b42f5dce6eb28bf4 to < f84ec84d8d4bc65f9ae23372570349687f66fa39, d96962e6d0e281bab6a48e83b42f5dce6eb28bf4 to < 577097455d084610fc31e91e6a61c5793b6f04ba
- Linux Linux: 5.11
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The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
svcrdma: Validate Read chunk positions before reconstruction
The RPC/RDMA Read chunk position field is supplied by the remote
client and stored verbatim in the parsed chunk list.
xdr_count_read_segments() checks only 4-byte alignment; it never
compares the position against the received inline body length.
In the single-chunk path, svc_rdma_read_complete_one() splits the
head and tail kvecs at ch_position. A position past the inline
body underflows the tail length, exposing adjacent slab memory to
the upper XDR decoder.
In the multi-chunk path, svc_rdma_read_multiple_chunks() computes
gap lengths between chunks as unsigned subtractions from
ch_position. Overlapping Read chunks cause these subtractions to
underflow. A final position past the inline body likewise
underflows the trailing gap length. svc_rdma_copy_inline_range()
then copies past the receive buffer into request pages that are
returned to the client through the Reply channel.
Bound inline-range copies in svc_rdma_copy_inline_range() against
the decoded inline RPC body saved in rc_saved_arg. Reject a
single Read chunk positioned beyond that body, and reject
multi-chunk lists where accumulated read bytes exceed the next
chunk's position. Apply the same position and overlap checks in
the call-chunk interleaving path.
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3861eeabaebe243050952b34063763527c44e1fe
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab3f6d882fe07ae5e61d0bcfeea00b9409155c2
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f84ec84d8d4bc65f9ae23372570349687f66fa39
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/577097455d084610fc31e91e6a61c5793b6f04ba
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3779b7b9e7d1c8ba4738f9d327de3b0288cefe9b
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