CVE-2026-93228

CVE-2026-93228

Critical · published September 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

svcrdma: Reject Write/Reply chunks with segcount 0

A peer can send a Write or Reply chunk whose segcount field is zero.

xdr_check_write_chunk() only rejects segcount > rc_maxpages, so zero

passes the range check, and xdr_inline_decode(stream, 0) returns the

current (non-NULL) cursor without advancing. The function returns

true and pcl_alloc_write() then links a struct svc_rdma_chunk with

ch_segcount == 0 onto rc_write_pcl or rc_reply_pcl.

An earlier patch in this series made pcl_for_each_segment() safe for

ch_segcount == 0, so this no longer drives the memory walk it used

to. Rejecting the malformed frame at the decode boundary is still

worthwhile as defense in depth: it keeps degenerate zero-segment

chunks off the parsed chunk lists entirely, so any future consumer

that walks ch_segments directly cannot observe one, and it makes the

zero-floor easy to backport to trees where the macro change is more

intrusive. RFC 8166 has no meaning for a Write/Reply chunk that

describes no remote buffer, so no legitimate client is affected.

xdr_check_reply_chunk() funnels Reply chunks through

xdr_check_write_chunk() and inherits the same rejection.

pcl_alloc_write() also links each chunk onto the parsed chunk list

before filling its segment array. If a future change weakens the

segcount-0 rejection, an incomplete chunk is visible to consumers

during the fill loop. Reorder so that list_add_tail() follows the

segment fill loop, ensuring only fully-populated chunks appear on

the list.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.1 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00473 · 39.9th percentile
Published
2026-09-24T20:17Z
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 SEP 03:27Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 24 SEP 15:29Z
    svcrdma: Reject Write/Reply chunks with segcount 0
    cvelistv5