CVE-2026-45910
7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/rxe: Fix race condition in QP timer handlers
I encontered the following warning:
WARNING: drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_task.c:249 at rxe_sched_task+0x1c8/0x238 [rdma_rxe], CPU#0: swapper/0/0
...
libsha1 [last unloaded: ip6_udp_tunnel]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G C 6.19.0-rc5-64k-v8+ #37 PREEMPT
Tainted: [C]=CRAP
Hardware name: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2
Call trace:
rxe_sched_task+0x1c8/0x238 [rdma_rxe] (P)
retransmit_timer+0x130/0x188 [rdma_rxe]
call_timer_fn+0x68/0x4d0
__run_timers+0x630/0x888
...
WARNING: drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_task.c:38 at rxe_sched_task+0x1c0/0x238 [rdma_rxe], CPU#0: swapper/0/0
...
WARNING: drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_task.c:111 at do_work+0x488/0x5c8 [rdma_rxe], CPU#3: kworker/u17:4/93400
...
refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
WARNING: lib/refcount.c:28 at refcount_warn_saturate+0x138/0x1a0, CPU#3: kworker/u17:4/93400
The issue is caused by a race condition between retransmit_timer() and
rxe_destroy_qp, leading to the Queue Pair's (QP) reference count dropping
to zero during timer handler execution.
It seems this warning is harmless because rxe_qp_do_cleanup() will flush
all pending timers and requests.
Example of flow causing the issue:
CPU0 CPU1
retransmit_timer() {
spin_lock_irqsave
rxe_destroy_qp()
__rxe_cleanup()
__rxe_put() // qp->ref_count decrease to 0
rxe_qp_do_cleanup() {
if (qp->valid) {
rxe_sched_task() {
WARN_ON(rxe_read(task->qp) <= 0);
}
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore
}
spin_lock_irqsave
qp->valid = 0
spin_unlock_irqrestore
}
Ensure the QP's reference count is maintained and its validity is checked
within the timer callbacks by adding calls to rxe_get(qp) and corresponding
rxe_put(qp) after use.
Affected (4)
Products: Linux: Linux Kernel
Configuration A
| Vulnerable Software | Affected Versions |
|---|---|
| From 6.13 to 6.18.14 |
References (5)
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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