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Linux Kernel EUVDEUVD-2026-55611

| CVE-2026-68425 HIGH
2026-08-10 Linux GHSA-c7q4-7jj2-g2jh
7.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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Vendor (Linux) PRIMARY
7.1 HIGH
AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
vuln.today AI
7.1 HIGH

Adjacent vector confirmed by InfiniBand fabric requirement; no privileges needed from target; High availability and Low integrity impact match state exhaustion and potential corruption.

3.1 AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
4.0 AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Red Hat
5.5 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (Linux).

CVSS VectorVendor: Linux

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Aug 14, 2026 - 01:52 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 13, 2026 - 23:37 NVD
7.1 (HIGH)
Patch available
Aug 10, 2026 - 14:18 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 10, 2026 - 12:04 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 10, 2026 - 12:04 cve.org
HIGH 7.1

DescriptionCVE.org

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

IB/mad: Drop unmatched RMPP responses before reassembly

Kernel-handled RMPP receive processing starts reassembly for active DATA responses before the response is matched to an outstanding send. The normal match happens later, after ib_process_rmpp_recv_wc() has either assembled a complete message or consumed the segment.

That ordering lets an unsolicited response that routes to a kernel RMPP agent by the high TID bits allocate or extend RMPP receive state before the full TID and source address are checked against a real request. A reordered burst can therefore reach the receive-side insertion path even though the response would not match any send.

For kernel-handled RMPP DATA responses, require the existing ib_find_send_mad() match before entering RMPP reassembly. The matcher already checks the full TID, management class and source address/GID against the agent wait, backlog and in-flight send lists. If there is no match, drop the response without creating RMPP state.

This leaves the RMPP window behavior unchanged and only rejects responses that have no corresponding request.

AnalysisAI

Linux kernel's IB/mad subsystem exposes unauthenticated adjacent-network attackers to a kernel availability and integrity impact through premature RMPP reassembly state allocation. Systems with InfiniBand hardware running Linux 2.6.13 through multiple active stable branches are vulnerable: an attacker on the InfiniBand fabric can send unsolicited RMPP DATA responses routed to a kernel RMPP agent via crafted high TID bits, causing the kernel to allocate or extend RMPP receive state without any validated corresponding send request. EPSS exploitation probability is very low (0.16%, 6th percentile), no public exploit or CISA KEV listing exists, but the availability impact is rated High, making this a meaningful risk in HPC and data-center InfiniBand environments.

Technical ContextAI

The affected component is the IB/mad (InfiniBand Management Datagram) kernel subsystem, present in all Linux kernel builds that include InfiniBand support (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux:*). RMPP (Reliable Multi-Packet Protocol) is the IB management protocol used for reassembling multi-segment management datagrams at the kernel level. The flaw is an ordering defect in the receive path: kernel-handled RMPP DATA responses entered the reassembly pipeline - potentially allocating new RMPP receive state or extending existing windows - before ib_find_send_mad() validated the full TID, management class, and source address/GID against outstanding send lists. This allowed any adjacent-network node to inject unsolicited responses that the kernel would process as if they were part of an active exchange. No CWE is formally assigned, but the root cause aligns with CWE-404 (improper resource shutdown/release) or a time-of-check ordering flaw. The fix gates RMPP reassembly entry strictly on a successful ib_find_send_mad() match, dropping unmatched responses without creating state.

RemediationAI

The primary fix is upgrading to a patched Linux kernel stable release: 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, or 7.2-rc4, depending on the running branch - all confirmed by EUVD. Upstream git patches are available at https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfa535c94406c03d3f0c869ef3ba5528e395737c and the corresponding stable-branch commits. For systems that cannot be patched immediately, a targeted compensating control is to disable or restrict IB/mad kernel agent processing: unloading the ib_mad kernel module (if the workload permits) removes the vulnerable code path entirely, though this will also disable IB subnet management and other management class agents. Alternatively, restricting which fabric nodes can send management datagrams via InfiniBand subnet manager access control policies (SMAC/LID filtering) reduces the pool of attackers who can reach the vulnerable receive path. These fabric-level controls have the trade-off of requiring subnet manager reconfiguration and may impact legitimate IB management traffic.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0 Affected

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