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TI-2024-17642 Aliases CVE-2024-26766GHSA-wm8x-c4gv-vvw5

IB/hfi1: Fix sdma.h tx->num_descs off-by-one error

Priority LOW 34CWE-193Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-193 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/hfi1: Fix sdma.h tx->num_descs off-by-one error Unfortunately the commit `fd8958efe877` introduced another error causing the `descs` array to overflow. This reults in further crashes easily reproducible by `sendmsg` system call. [ 1080.836473] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x400300015528b00a: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [ 1080.869326] RIP: 0010:hfi1_ipoib_build_ib_tx_headers.constprop.0+0xe1/0x2b0 [hfi1] -- [ 1080.974535] Call Trace: [ 1080.976990] <TASK> [ 1081.021929] hfi1_ipoib_send_dma_common+0x7a/0x2e0 [hfi1] [ 1081.027364] hfi1_ipoib_send_dma_list+0x62/0x270 [hfi1] [ 1081.032633] hfi1_ipoib_send+0x112/0x300 [hfi1] [ 1081.042001] ipoib_start_xmit+0x2a9/0x2d0 [ib_ipoib] [ 1081.046978] dev_hard_start_xmit+0xc4/0x210 -- [ 1081.148347] __sys_sendmsg+0x59/0xa0 crash> ipoib_txreq 0xffff9cfeba229f00 struct ipoib_txreq { txreq = { list = { next = 0xffff9cfeba229f00, prev = 0xffff9cfeba229f00 }, descp = 0xffff9cfeba229f40, coalesce_buf = 0x0, wait = 0xffff9cfea4e69a48, complete = 0xffffffffc0fe0760 <hfi1_ipoib_sdma_complete>, packet_len = 0x46d, tlen = 0x0, num_desc = 0x0, desc_limit = 0x6, next_descq_idx = 0x45c, coalesce_idx = 0x0, flags = 0x0, descs = {{ qw = {0x8024000120dffb00, 0x4} # SDMA_DESC0_FIRST_DESC_FLAG (bit 63) }, { qw = { 0x3800014231b108, 0x4} }, { qw = { 0x310000e4ee0fcf0, 0x8} }, { qw = { 0x3000012e9f8000, 0x8} }, { qw = { 0x59000dfb9d0000, 0x8} }, { qw = { 0x78000e02e40000, 0x8} }} }, sdma_hdr = 0x400300015528b000, <<< invalid pointer in the tx request structure sdma_status = 0x0, SDMA_DESC0_LAST_DESC_FLAG (bit 62) complete = 0x0, priv = 0x0, txq = 0xffff9cfea4e69880, skb = 0xffff9d099809f400 } If an SDMA send consists of exactly 6 descriptors and requires dword padding (in the 7th descriptor), the sdma_txreq descriptor array is not properly expanded and the packet will overflow into the container structure. This results in a panic when the send completion runs. The exact panic varies depending on what elements of the container structure get corrupted. The fix is to use the correct expression in _pad_sdma_tx_descs() to test the need to expand the descriptor array. With this patch the crashes are no longer reproducible and the machine is stable.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00268 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 4.19.308, 5.4.270, 5.10.211 +6Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux4.19.291 to before 4.19.308; 5.4.251 to before 5.4.270; 5.10.188 to before 5.10.211; 5.15.99 to before 5.15.150; 6.1.16 to before 6.1.80; 6.2.3 to before 6.34.19.308, 5.4.270, 5.10.211, 5.15.150, 6.1.80, 6.3Patch availableCNA
LinuxLinux6.3 and later4.19.308, 5.4.270, 5.10.211, 5.15.150, 6.1.80, 6.6.19, 6.7.7, 6.8Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.19.291 to before 4.19.308; 5.4.251 to before 5.4.270; 5.10.188 to before 5.10.211; 5.15.99 to before 5.15.150; 6.1.16 to before 6.1.80; 6.2.3 to before 6.3 Fixed in 4.19.308, 5.4.270, 5.10.211, 5.15.150, 6.1.80, 6.3 Patch available CNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.3 and later Fixed in 4.19.308, 5.4.270, 5.10.211, 5.15.150, 6.1.80, 6.6.19, 6.7.7, 6.8 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 7

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.19.291 to before 4.19.308; 5.4.251 to before 5.4.270; 5.10.188 to before 5.10.211; 5.15.99 to before 5.15.150; 6.1.16 to before 6.1.80; 6.2.3 to before 6.6.19; 6.7 to before 6.7.7VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*6.8 rc1VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*6.8 rc2VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*6.8 rc3VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*6.8 rc4VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*6.8 rc5VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.19.291 to before 4.19.308; 5.4.251 to before 5.4.270; 5.10.188 to before 5.10.211; 5.15.99 to before 5.15.150; 6.1.16 to before 6.1.80; 6.2.3 to before 6.6.19; 6.7 to before 6.7.7 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.8 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.8 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.8 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.8 rc4 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.8 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.19.308, 5.4.270, 5.10.211, 5.15.150, 6.1.80, 6.3
  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.19.308, 5.4.270, 5.10.211, 5.15.150, 6.1.80, 6.6.19, 6.7.7, 6.8

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:1662 Released 2026-02-02 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10, kernel-4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
  • RHSA-2026:1661 Released 2026-02-02 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel-rt security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.100.1.rt7.441.el8_10 +7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:1662
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:1662
Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:1661
Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:1661
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-26766
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wm8x-c4gv-vvw5

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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