RDMA/bnxt_re: zero shared page before exposing to userspace
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: zero shared page before exposing to userspace bnxt_re_alloc_ucontext() allocates uctx->shpg via __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL). The buddy allocator does not zero pages without __GFP_ZERO, so the page contains stale kernel data from whatever object most recently freed it. The page is then mapped into userspace via vm_insert_page() under BNXT_RE_MMAP_SH_PAGE in bnxt_re_mmap(). The driver only ever writes 4 bytes (a u32 AVID) at offset BNXT_RE_AVID_OFFT (0x10) inside bnxt_re_create_ah(); the remaining 4092 bytes of the page are exposed to userspace unsanitised, leaking kernel memory contents. Any user with access to /dev/infiniband/uverbsX on a host with a bnxt_re device (typically rdma group membership) can read this data via a single mmap() at pgoff 0 after IB_USER_VERBS_CMD_GET_CONTEXT. Other shared pages in the same file already use get_zeroed_page() correctly: drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c srq->uctx_srq_page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); cq->uctx_cq_page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); uctx->shpg is the only outlier. Bring it in line with the existing convention by switching to get_zeroed_page().
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.260, 5.15.211, 6.1.177, 6.6.144, 6.12.95, 6.18.37, 7.0.14, 7.1
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. 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 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| 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 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74584
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j6vr-r53f-g3jf
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53c97e9882f4e747b4ac31b211317c2eba541af9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9896bdfd21d918e9f26a52bc6109cc77970ee0b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9128c2411b83a64c0a69d2ff059c741bde25a9cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c19b360fa10c521c0b681875cdaa51545d45a491
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3ed2daab02b2a706e882ad31b5c3c4f33cb5bb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2b143df29003d2704b51f62e9297006953dbacb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c75f8ce4baa29ae57fe615c6a2c5101f59b8b89a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6b079629becfa977f9c51fe53ad2e6dcc55ef44
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74584 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74584 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j6vr-r53f-g3jf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74584 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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