svcrdma: Reject Write/Reply chunks with segcount 0
CVE-2026-93228 · published 24 Sept 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: critical, CVSS score 9.1 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: 78147ca8b4a9b6cf0e597ddd6bf17959e08376c2 to < 28c5a3a572f6cf81ac304459cfd515480995d62a, 78147ca8b4a9b6cf0e597ddd6bf17959e08376c2 to < fe533ae1bed2ef2b3d54ee7ab410da1874ed3d4f, 78147ca8b4a9b6cf0e597ddd6bf17959e08376c2 to < a798714b58041e88716db3bf8fb03ae13eecd54a, 78147ca8b4a9b6cf0e597ddd6bf17959e08376c2 to < 45dbdb2637b7fc5f1355b588780d2a7fb0516805
- Linux Linux: 5.11
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The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
svcrdma: Reject Write/Reply chunks with segcount 0
A peer can send a Write or Reply chunk whose segcount field is zero.
xdr_check_write_chunk() only rejects segcount > rc_maxpages, so zero
passes the range check, and xdr_inline_decode(stream, 0) returns the
current (non-NULL) cursor without advancing. The function returns
true and pcl_alloc_write() then links a struct svc_rdma_chunk with
ch_segcount == 0 onto rc_write_pcl or rc_reply_pcl.
An earlier patch in this series made pcl_for_each_segment() safe for
ch_segcount == 0, so this no longer drives the memory walk it used
to. Rejecting the malformed frame at the decode boundary is still
worthwhile as defense in depth: it keeps degenerate zero-segment
chunks off the parsed chunk lists entirely, so any future consumer
that walks ch_segments directly cannot observe one, and it makes the
zero-floor easy to backport to trees where the macro change is more
intrusive. RFC 8166 has no meaning for a Write/Reply chunk that
describes no remote buffer, so no legitimate client is affected.
xdr_check_reply_chunk() funnels Reply chunks through
xdr_check_write_chunk() and inherits the same rejection.
pcl_alloc_write() also links each chunk onto the parsed chunk list
before filling its segment array. If a future change weakens the
segcount-0 rejection, an incomplete chunk is visible to consumers
during the fill loop. Reorder so that list_add_tail() follows the
segment fill loop, ensuring only fully-populated chunks appear on
the list.
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/28c5a3a572f6cf81ac304459cfd515480995d62a
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe533ae1bed2ef2b3d54ee7ab410da1874ed3d4f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a798714b58041e88716db3bf8fb03ae13eecd54a
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/45dbdb2637b7fc5f1355b588780d2a7fb0516805
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9808eb7656666acc7291bae9ab6b987bd16e47e0
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