In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Validate cpu_id against nr_cpu_ids in DMAH alloc The cpu_id attribute supplied by user space through UVERBS_ATTR_ALLOC_DMAH_CPU_ID is passed directly to cpumask_test_cpu() without first verifying that the value is within the valid CPU range. Passing such untrusted data to cpumask_test_cpu() may lead to an out-of-bounds read of the underlying cpumask bitmap: the helper expands to a test_bit() that indexes the bitmap by cpu_id / BITS_PER_LONG with no bound check. In addition, on kernels built with CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS it trips the WARN_ON_ONCE() in cpumask_check(); combined with panic_on_warn this turns a bad user input into a machine reboot. Reject any cpu_id that is not smaller than nr_cpu_ids with -EINVAL before it is used. Reported by Smatch.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0efbb6b54ff56300867027d8e0800d0e32226a20 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/323c98a4ff06aa28114f2bf658fb43eb3b536bbc Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd5e818be7964c1689fba2dad9e6bd3a827fee74 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 3
- CwesCWE-787 → CWE-787, CWE-125NVD modified 2026-10-19 20:19
- StatusAnalyzed → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-19 20:19
- First seenCVSS 7.1 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 16:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 8
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*