CRITICAL Introduced in 5.11
svcrdma Segment OOB
CVE-2026-89532
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
KernelScan AI9.8CRITICAL
01Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: svcrdma: Fix pcl_for_each_segment for empty chunks When a parsed chunk list contains a chunk whose ch_segcount is zero, pcl_for_each_segment computes its inclusive upper bound as &chunk->ch_segments[ch_segcount - 1]. ch_segcount is u32, so the subtraction wraps to 0xFFFFFFFF and the bound lands far past the ch_segments flex array. The loop body then walks unrelated memory at sizeof(struct svc_rdma_segment) stride until it faults. A zero-segcount chunk is reachable from the wire: xdr_check_write_chunk() only rejects segcount values greater than rc_maxpages, and pcl_alloc_write() links a freshly allocated chunk onto rc_write_pcl/rc_reply_pcl before its segment-fill loop runs, so a Write or Reply chunk advertising zero segments leaves ch_segcount == 0 on the list. When the transport has negotiated Send-With-Invalidate, svc_rdma_get_inv_rkey() iterates all four PCLs with pcl_for_each_segment and dereferences segment->rs_handle on each iteration, turning the underflow into an out-of-bounds read and a general protection fault. xdr_check_write_list / xdr_check_reply_chunk pcl_alloc_write() chunk = pcl_alloc_chunk(...) /* ch_segcount = 0 */ list_add_tail(&chunk->ch_list, &pcl->cl_chunks) /* fill loop iterates zero times for wire segcount 0 */ svc_rdma_get_inv_rkey() pcl_for_each_chunk(rc_write_pcl) pcl_for_each_segment(segment, chunk) pos <= &ch_segments[0u - 1u] /* 0xFFFFFFFF */ segment->rs_handle /* OOB read -> GPF */ Fix by switching the macro to a half-open upper bound that uses ch_segcount directly. For ch_segcount == 0 the loop start equals the loop end and the body is skipped; for ch_segcount > 0 the iteration range is unchanged. All six existing call sites in net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_recvfrom.c and net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c remain correct under the new bound, so no caller changes are needed.
02KernelScan AI Analysis
Risk summary
Any Linux system running an NFS over RDMA server is at risk. A remote attacker can send a crafted RPC/RDMA message containing a zero-segment chunk to crash the kernel or potentially leak kernel memory. No authentication or special privileges are required to trigger the vulnerability.
Vulnerability analysis
The RPC/RDMA server's chunk-list iteration logic fails to handle chunks that advertise zero segments. When such a chunk arrives from the network, the code underflows an unsigned segment count and walks far past the chunk's segment array, reading unrelated kernel memory at a fixed stride until it faults. The fix changes the loop to use a half-open range so that a zero-segment chunk produces zero iterations and the body is skipped. The vulnerability is reachable by any network client that can send an RPC/RDMA request to a server running NFS over RDMA with Send-With-Invalidate negotiated; no authentication is needed because the chunk-list parsing occurs before RPC-level authentication.
Lifecycle
03Fix Versions
| Branch | Introduced | Fixed in | Patch commit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.6 | 5.11 | 6.6.157 | 06d0390c37fa |
| 5.15 | 5.11 | 5.15.221 | 1e2e3481e391 |
| 6.1 | 5.11 | 6.1.188 | 3a78b841879c |
| 6.12 | 5.11 | 6.12.109 | 9c5a03c3dc50 |
| 6.18 | 5.11 | 6.18.50 | a1c954ca4977 |
| mainline | 5.11 | 7.3-rc1 | b7713a784c59 |
| 7.2 | 5.11 | 7.2.4 | 6d33a7e6bf6c |
| cip/6.12 | 5.11 | 6.12.111-cip32 | 9c5a03c3dc50 |