Bug 2513366 (CVE-2026-68418) - CVE-2026-68418 kernel: RDMA/irdma: Prevent user-triggered null deref on QP create
Summary: CVE-2026-68418 kernel: RDMA/irdma: Prevent user-triggered null deref on QP cr...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68418
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-10 12:33 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-26 13:02 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:33:25 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/irdma: Prevent user-triggered null deref on QP create

Previously, the user QP creation path would only attempt to
populate iwqp->iwpbl if the user-provided req.user_wqe_bufs
field was non-zero. The problem is that iwqp->iwpbl is
unconditionally dereferenced later on in irdma_setup_virt_qp.

While there was a check for iwqp->iwpbl != NULL, this check
would only occur if req.user_wqe_bufs was non-zero. The end
result is that a user could send a zero user_wqe_bufs value
and trigger a null ptr deref.

Fix this by unconditionally calling irdma_get_pbl and bailing
if it fails, similar to the CQ and SRQ paths.


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