CVE-2021-47196

RDMA/core: Set send and receive CQ before forwarding to the driver

Published Apr 10, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/core: Set send and receive CQ before forwarding to the driver

Preset both receive and send CQ pointers prior to call to the drivers and
overwrite it later again till the mlx4 is going to be changed do not
overwrite ibqp properties.

This change is needed for mlx5, because in case of QP creation failure, it
will go to the path of QP destroy which relies on proper CQ pointers.

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in create_qp.cold+0x164/0x16e [mlx5_ib]
Write of size 8 at addr ffff8880064c55c0 by task a.out/246

CPU: 0 PID: 246 Comm: a.out Not tainted 5.15.0+ #291
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x59
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x140
kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf
create_qp.cold+0x164/0x16e [mlx5_ib]
mlx5_ib_create_qp+0x358/0x28a0 [mlx5_ib]
create_qp.part.0+0x45b/0x6a0 [ib_core]
ib_create_qp_user+0x97/0x150 [ib_core]
ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_QP_CREATE+0x92c/0x1250 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x1c38/0x3150 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_ioctl+0x169/0x260 [ib_uverbs]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x866/0x14d0
do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Allocated by task 246:
kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40
__kasan_kmalloc+0xa4/0xd0
create_qp.part.0+0x92/0x6a0 [ib_core]
ib_create_qp_user+0x97/0x150 [ib_core]
ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_QP_CREATE+0x92c/0x1250 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x1c38/0x3150 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_ioctl+0x169/0x260 [ib_uverbs]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x866/0x14d0
do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Freed by task 246:
kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40
kasan_set_track+0x1c/0x30
kasan_set_free_info+0x20/0x30
__kasan_slab_free+0x10c/0x150
slab_free_freelist_hook+0xb4/0x1b0
kfree+0xe7/0x2a0
create_qp.part.0+0x52b/0x6a0 [ib_core]
ib_create_qp_user+0x97/0x150 [ib_core]
ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_QP_CREATE+0x92c/0x1250 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x1c38/0x3150 [ib_uverbs]
ib_uverbs_ioctl+0x169/0x260 [ib_uverbs]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x866/0x14d0
do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2026, 8:46 AM
Reserved
Mar 25, 2024, 9:12 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 10, 2024, 7:15 PM
Modified
Aug 4, 2026, 10:16 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Apr 10, 2024, 12:00 AM