CVE-2026-52908 (GCVE-0-2026-52908)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-19 14:00
Modified
2026-08-05 12:31
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA: During rereg_mr ensure that REREG_ACCESS is compatible If IB_MR_REREG_ACCESS changes from RO to RW then the umem has to be re-evaluated to ensure it is properly pinned as RW. Since the umem is hidden inside each driver's mr struct add a ib_umem_check_rereg() function that each driver has to call before processing IB_MR_REREG_ACCESS. mlx4 has to retain its duplicate ib_access_writable check because it implements IB_MR_REREG_ACCESS | IB_MR_REREG_TRANS by changing both items in place sequentially while the MR is live, so it will continue to not support this combination.
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Linux Linux Version: b40656aa7d559adc1fe689396dc58b92a9a27286
Version: b40656aa7d559adc1fe689396dc58b92a9a27286
Version: b40656aa7d559adc1fe689396dc58b92a9a27286
Version: b40656aa7d559adc1fe689396dc58b92a9a27286
Version: b40656aa7d559adc1fe689396dc58b92a9a27286
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