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High · 7.5 CVE-2021-46983 EUVD-2021-33631GHSA-fxr5-32j9-7wfr

nvmet-rdma: Fix NULL deref when SEND is completed with error

Published Feb 28, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

nvmet-rdma: Fix NULL deref when SEND is completed with error

When running some traffic and taking down the link on peer, a
retry counter exceeded error is received. This leads to
nvmet_rdma_error_comp which tried accessing the cq_context to
obtain the queue. The cq_context is no longer valid after the
fix to use shared CQ mechanism and should be obtained similar
to how it is obtained in other functions from the wc->qp.

[ 905.786331] nvmet_rdma: SEND for CQE 0x00000000e3337f90 failed with status transport retry counter exceeded (12).
[ 905.832048] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000048
[ 905.839919] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 905.842464] Oops: 0000 1 SMP NOPTI
[ 905.846144] CPU: 13 PID: 1557 Comm: kworker/13:1H Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE --------- - - 4.18.0-304.el8.x86_64 #1
[ 905.872135] RIP: 0010:nvmet_rdma_error_comp+0x5/0x1b [nvmet_rdma]
[ 905.878259] Code: 19 4f c0 e8 89 b3 a5 f6 e9 5b e0 ff ff 0f b7 75 14 4c 89 ea 48 c7 c7 08 1a 4f c0 e8 71 b3 a5 f6 e9 4b e0 ff ff 0f 1f 44 00 00 <48> 8b 47 48 48 85 c0 74 08 48 89 c7 e9 98 bf 49 00 e9 c3 e3 ff ff
[ 905.897135] RSP: 0018:ffffab601c45fe28 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 905.902387] RAX: 0000000000000065 RBX: ffff9e729ea2f800 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 905.909558] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff9e72df9567c8 RDI: 0000000000000000
[ 905.916731] RBP: ffff9e729ea2b400 R08: 000000000000074d R09: 0000000000000074
[ 905.923903] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffab601c45fcc0 R12: 0000000000000010
[ 905.931074] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000010 R15: ffff9e729ea2f400
[ 905.938247] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9e72df940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 905.938249] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 905.950067] nvmet_rdma: SEND for CQE 0x00000000c7356cca failed with status transport retry counter exceeded (12).
[ 905.961855] CR2: 0000000000000048 CR3: 000000678d010004 CR4: 00000000007706e0
[ 905.961855] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 905.961856] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 905.961857] PKRU: 55555554
[ 906.010315] Call Trace:
[ 906.012778] __ib_process_cq+0x89/0x170 [ib_core]
[ 906.017509] ib_cq_poll_work+0x26/0x80 [ib_core]
[ 906.022152] process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360
[ 906.026182] ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0
[ 906.030123] worker_thread+0x30/0x390
[ 906.033802] ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0
[ 906.037744] kthread+0x116/0x130
[ 906.040988] ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10
[ 906.045456] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.9 5.10.38

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.10.38-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.10.38-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.10.38-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +20 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-348.el8 RHSA-2021:4356
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +7 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.166.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.166.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1465-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_43 1-150300.7.3.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1489-1

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