Bug 2376049 (CVE-2025-38151)

Summary:	CVE-2025-38151 kernel: RDMA/cma: Fix hang when cma_netevent_callback fails to queue_work
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-07-03 09:02:18 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/cma: Fix hang when cma_netevent_callback fails to queue_work

The cited commit fixed a crash when cma_netevent_callback was called for
a cma_id while work on that id from a previous call had not yet started.
The work item was re-initialized in the second call, which corrupted the
work item currently in the work queue.

However, it left a problem when queue_work fails (because the item is
still pending in the work queue from a previous call). In this case,
cma_id_put (which is called in the work handler) is therefore not
called. This results in a userspace process hang (zombie process).

Fix this by calling cma_id_put() if queue_work fails.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-07-03 18:54:41 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025070336-CVE-2025-38151-6483@gregkh/T