svcrdma: Reject inline replies that overflow the pull-up buffer
CVE-2026-89530 · 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: e248aa7be86e8179f20ac0931774ecd746f3f5bf to < 8068358f445a11296328ffa7c524701596814a17, e248aa7be86e8179f20ac0931774ecd746f3f5bf to < fcd91b9957462d398792201c239dffaeff1cc8b2, e248aa7be86e8179f20ac0931774ecd746f3f5bf to < 1949dd1576f7a8aa161b1330c6125df9d53046d5, e248aa7be86e8179f20ac0931774ecd746f3f5bf to < 8ec60eb51fae37cd3d334ff26e4a7d6fb21ff7cf
- Linux Linux: 5.0
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The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
svcrdma: Reject inline replies that overflow the pull-up buffer
An RPC-over-RDMA client can request a reply, such as an NFS READ
payload, without providing a Write list or a Reply chunk to carry
it. When such a reply needs more scatter/gather entries than the
device's Send Queue supports, svc_rdma_pull_up_needed() selects
pull-up and svc_rdma_pull_up_reply_msg() linearizes the whole
reply into sctxt->sc_xprt_buf. That buffer is only sc_max_req_size
bytes, while the reply on this path is bounded only by the client's
request, so svc_rdma_xb_linearize() copies past the end of the
buffer and corrupts adjacent slab memory. The oversized length is
then stored in sc_sges[0].length and posted, so the device also
reads beyond the mapped region.
The SGE-exhaustion branch is the only pull-up path that can exceed
the buffer: the threshold branch pulls up only replies smaller
than RPCRDMA_PULLUP_THRESH, and replies that fit the device's SGE
budget are sent directly without linearization. Make
svc_rdma_pull_up_needed() report -E2BIG when the reply it would
pull up cannot fit sc_max_req_size, and fail the request with
ERR_CHUNK as RFC 8166 Section 4.5.3 directs rather than dropping
the connection.
The helper no longer answers a simple yes/no question: it now
reports pull-up, no pull-up, or -E2BIG for a reply too large to
linearize. Rename svc_rdma_pull_up_needed() to
svc_rdma_check_pull_up() so its name no longer implies a boolean
predicate.
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8068358f445a11296328ffa7c524701596814a17
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcd91b9957462d398792201c239dffaeff1cc8b2
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1949dd1576f7a8aa161b1330c6125df9d53046d5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ec60eb51fae37cd3d334ff26e4a7d6fb21ff7cf
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fbe20dfe74b783d255bf389a6ea77aa25dc7860
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