CVE-2026-93151
nvmet-rdma: fix response resource leak on queue teardown
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 17, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvmet-rdma: fix response resource leak on queue teardown
When an nvme target with rdma transport is removed while I/Os are in flight, a response can be posted but its send completion is never delivered before the connection is torn down. As a result nvmet_rdma_send_done() and nvmet_rdma_release_rsp() are never called for the response, and this leaks the allocated RDMA read/write context and request SGLs.
These leaks are recreated by running blktests nvme/061 with the rdma transport and the siw driver. Kernel kmemleak feature reports them as follows:
unreferenced object 0xffff88812bc490c0 (size 32): comm "kworker/2:1H", pid 409, jiffies 4307744490 backtrace (crc 89afd339): __kmalloc_noprof+0x5f9/0x890 sgl_alloc_order+0x7b/0x380 nvmet_req_alloc_sgls+0x290/0x4f0 [nvmet] nvmet_rdma_map_sgl_keyed+0x241/0x12e0 [nvmet_rdma] nvmet_rdma_handle_command+0x73e/0xb80 [nvmet_rdma] __ib_process_cq+0x149/0x4c0 [ib_core] ib_cq_poll_work+0x49/0x160 [ib_core] process_one_work+0x8b2/0x1640 worker_thread+0x5fd/0xfe0 kthread+0x367/0x460 ret_from_fork+0x655/0x9d0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
unreferenced object 0xffff88814bd05e80 (size 64): comm "kworker/3:1H", pid 148, jiffies 4295195428 backtrace (crc e35510cb): __kmalloc_noprof+0x5f9/0x890 rdma_rw_ctx_init+0x333/0x1fa0 [ib_core] nvmet_rdma_map_sgl_keyed+0x5c8/0x12e0 [nvmet_rdma] nvmet_rdma_handle_command+0x73e/0xb80 [nvmet_rdma] __ib_process_cq+0x149/0x4c0 [ib_core] ib_cq_poll_work+0x49/0x160 [ib_core] process_one_work+0x8b2/0x1640 worker_thread+0x5fd/0xfe0 kthread+0x367/0x460 ret_from_fork+0x655/0x9d0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
To avoid the memory leaks, reclaim the memory of the in-flight responses when the queue QP is torn down. Call nvmet_rdma_free_rsp_resources() that frees up the RDMA read/write context and the request SGLs of such responses.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91cfa74f1f3772e8c3662c064a45d8633e00c78e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156ec10a8be2c33b0c279d8b2f4fe8e16fa89ef7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9584b3c30e4ee8ca315bdc12249cc6c47cf1a482
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cc3b21729d45b5af8f79891f9dedb7e6b6dbd08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca795fc1d8a1a4ab0e6bd1d27c9adb78d4ed1a1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d553a9dc1c45666e76d8d2ac9a4f8ff0cbf53a50
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0114dd303b373522dea06053aabae34bdd33a7c4
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