CVE-2026-45856

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45856
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45856.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-45856
Downstream
Published
2026-05-27T12:15:33.209Z
Modified
2026-06-01T03:54:57.223492809Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
RDMA/uverbs: Validate wqe_size before using it in ib_uverbs_post_send
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/uverbs: Validate wqesize before using it in ibuverbspostsend

ibuverbspostsend() uses cmd.wqesize from userspace without any validation before passing it to kmalloc() and using the allocated buffer as struct ibuverbssend_wr.

If a user provides a small wqesize value (e.g., 1), kmalloc() will succeed, but subsequent accesses to userwr->opcode, userwr->numsge, and other fields will read beyond the allocated buffer, resulting in an out-of-bounds read from kernel heap memory. This could potentially leak sensitive kernel information to userspace.

Additionally, providing an excessively large wqe_size can trigger a WARNING in the memory allocation path, as reported by syzkaller.

This is inconsistent with ibuverbsunmarshallrecv() which properly validates that wqesize >= sizeof(struct ibuverbsrecv_wr) before proceeding.

Add the same validation for ibuverbspostsend() to ensure wqesize is at least sizeof(struct ibuverbssend_wr).

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45856.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
c3bea3d2dc5358e05541527283279102383b0231
Fixed
9c15ec4cd4e7f57c6bbcb4e73e99290f150dd2a7
Fixed
9b5ac1c15334d46c0dbd49d64a2257b929500163
Fixed
01c9b152647dc70dc06a4a2eff86ebb3b3c76075
Fixed
bf1feed1a7886af945f92890493aefd2b5c9928a
Fixed
d533425ac1f2925b4fc3e4ed9b9d72362cb23475
Fixed
bf4454da8b1e712714628c0a0d6e7845bb40790a
Fixed
bef70ff9841990658610512b4a18e4a88c9b4df6
Fixed
1956f0a74ccf5dc9c3ef717f2985c3ed3400aab0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45856.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.0.0
Fixed
5.10.252
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.202
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.165
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.128
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.75
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.14
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
6.19.4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45856.json"