Bug 2448594 (CVE-2026-23243)

Summary: CVE-2026-23243 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service and memory corruption in RDMA umad
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) `umad` (User Mode Access Device) component. A local user can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating input, causing an integer underflow that leads to an out-of-bounds memory write. This memory corruption can result in a denial of service (DoS) by crashing the system, and may also lead to limited information disclosure or data integrity issues.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-18 11:02:26 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write

ib_umad_write computes data_len from user-controlled count and the
MAD header sizes. With a mismatched user MAD header size and RMPP
header length, data_len can become negative and reach ib_create_send_mad().
This can make the padding calculation exceed the segment size and trigger
an out-of-bounds memset in alloc_send_rmpp_list().

Add an explicit check to reject negative data_len before creating the
send buffer.

KASAN splat:
[  211.363464] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ib_create_send_mad+0xa01/0x11b0
[  211.364077] Write of size 220 at addr ffff88800c3fa1f8 by task spray_thread/102
[  211.365867] ib_create_send_mad+0xa01/0x11b0
[  211.365887] ib_umad_write+0x853/0x1c80
Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-03-18 12:29:32 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026031816-CVE-2026-23243-b88e@gregkh/T