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CRITICAL Introduced in 5.11

svcrdma Segment OOB

CVE-2026-89532

CVSS 9.1 / 10.0 NVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

KernelScan AI9.8CRITICAL

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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.

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Engine v0.6.0

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.

Affectedinclude/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma_pcl.h (svcrdma)

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.

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BranchIntroducedFixed inPatch commit
6.65.116.6.15706d0390c37fa
5.155.115.15.2211e2e3481e391
6.15.116.1.1883a78b841879c
6.125.116.12.1099c5a03c3dc50
6.185.116.18.50a1c954ca4977
mainline5.117.3-rc1b7713a784c59
7.25.117.2.46d33a7e6bf6c
cip/6.125.116.12.111-cip329c5a03c3dc50