CVE-2026-45856CWE-125

CVE-2026-45856

High · published May 27, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

RDMA/uverbs: Validate wqe_size before using it in ib_uverbs_post_send

ib_uverbs_post_send() uses cmd.wqe_size from userspace without any

validation before passing it to kmalloc() and using the allocated

buffer as struct ib_uverbs_send_wr.

If a user provides a small wqe_size value (e.g., 1), kmalloc() will

succeed, but subsequent accesses to user_wr->opcode, user_wr->num_sge,

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 ib_uverbs_unmarshall_recv() which properly

validates that wqe_size >= sizeof(struct ib_uverbs_recv_wr) before

proceeding.

Add the same validation for ib_uverbs_post_send() to ensure wqe_size

is at least sizeof(struct ib_uverbs_send_wr).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00165 · 5.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-05-27T18:16Z
Affected products (7)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.0, < 5.10.2525.10.252
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.2025.15.202
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1656.1.165
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1286.6.128
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.756.12.75
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.146.18.14
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.46.19.4
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAY 12:15Z
    RDMA/uverbs: Validate wqe_size before using it in ib_uverbs_post_send
    cvelistv5