Bug 2555039 (CVE-2026-98524)

Summary:	CVE-2026-98524 kernel: rds: ib: Clear the sg list when mapping an MR fails
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) subsystem. When memory region mapping fails during InfiniBand operations, the kernel can retain a stale reference to memory buffers that have already been released. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to trigger a use-after-free condition, potentially leading to local privilege escalation or a denial of service through a system crash.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:41:00 UTC

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

rds: ib: Clear the sg list when mapping an MR fails

rds_ib_map_frmr() stores the caller's scatterlist in the MR before DMA
mapping and registration can fail. On failure, __rds_rdma_map() unpins
the pages and frees the scatterlist, but rds_ib_free_frmr() can still
return the MR to the pool with the stale pointer set.

This leaves the pool with a dangling scatterlist and can lead to local
privilege escalation. KASAN detects the resulting use-after-free when the
MR is later torn down:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __rds_ib_teardown_mr
Read of size 8

Call Trace:
 __rds_ib_teardown_mr
 rds_ib_unreg_frmr
 rds_ib_flush_mr_pool
 rds_ib_flush_mrs
 rds_free_mr
 rds_setsockopt

Store the scatterlist in the MR only after DMA mapping succeeds. If DMA
mapping fails, return directly while the MR fields remain clear; the caller
keeps ownership of the scatterlist and its pinned pages. If a later
registration step fails, unmap the scatterlist and clear the MR fields
before returning.