xprtrdma: Check frwr_wp_create() during connect
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xprtrdma: Check frwr_wp_create() during connect frwr_wp_create() creates the singleton Memory Region used to encode padding for Write chunks whose payload length is not XDR-aligned. Its failure paths return a negative errno and leave ep->re_write_pad_mr set to NULL. rpcrdma_xprt_connect() currently ignores that return value. If frwr_wp_create() fails after the rest of the connection setup succeeds, xprt_rdma_connect_worker() treats the connection attempt as successful and sets XPRT_CONNECTED. A later NFS/RDMA read with a non-4-byte-aligned receive page length reaches rpcrdma_encode_write_list(), passes the NULL write-pad MR to encode_rdma_segment(), and dereferences it. This is locally triggerable on an NFS/RDMA client after a connect or reconnect hits a local MR allocation, DMA-map, MR-map, or post-send failure; a remote peer alone cannot force the local MR setup failure. Check the return value and fail the connect as -ENOTCONN, matching the adjacent setup failures. This keeps XPRT_CONNECTED clear and lets the normal reconnect path retry.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72467
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4qhc-6r4v-5wmg
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b252fe1778b2cdd68283146455929801bc2abd7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd798b76a3481e392820c3ae86ed4592858c6b0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b7be4f3feae322f1c2c40a3bdc99db93574a49e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7471e66373a4444a57ef2192f8c4081202c54f45
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef3b79edf14b6bfb0d21a26ccb0463f9cf82c6a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f13fc7c7d2e0427517e63c739277a4cd338b0c5
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72467 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72467 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4qhc-6r4v-5wmg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72467 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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