Bug 2516828 (CVE-2026-74299)

Summary: CVE-2026-74299 kernel: RDMA/core: Fix FRMR aging push to queue error flow
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's RDMA/core component. When aging pools with pinned handles, a failure to move handles from the active queue to an inactive queue during new page allocation can lead to a memory leak. This occurs because the system does not properly handle the fault, resulting in the leakage of memory keys (mkeys).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:35:37 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/core: Fix FRMR aging push to queue error flow

Aging pools with pinned handles requires moving handles from the
active queue to a non-empty inactive queue that might fail on new page
allocation, we are currently not handling the fault and leaking any mkey
that fails the push.

Fix by Introducing push_queue_to_queue_locked() that fills the
destination's partial tail page from the source and then splices the
remaining source pages onto the destination, performing no allocation.

Replace the per-handle move loop in age_pinned_pool() and the
open-coded splice in pool_aging_work() with calls to the helper.
As the helper cannot fail under memory pressure, removing a class of
GFP_ATOMIC allocations under the pool lock and simplifying the error
flow.