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RDMA/mlx5: Fix implicit ODP use after free

Published Feb 27, 2025 · Updated Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.15 Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 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-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

RDMA/mlx5: Fix implicit ODP use after free

Prevent double queueing of implicit ODP mr destroy work by using
__xa_cmpxchg() to make sure this is the only time we are destroying this
specific mr.

Without this change, we could try to invalidate this mr twice, which in
turn could result in queuing a MR work destroy twice, and eventually the
second work could execute after the MR was freed due to the first work,
causing a user after free and trace below.

refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 12178 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0x12b/0x130
Modules linked in: bonding ib_ipoib vfio_pci ip_gre geneve nf_tables ip6_gre gre ip6_tunnel tunnel6 ipip tunnel4 ib_umad rdma_ucm mlx5_vfio_pci vfio_pci_core vfio_iommu_type1 mlx5_ib vfio ib_uverbs mlx5_core iptable_raw openvswitch nsh rpcrdma ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_core xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss oid_registry overlay zram zsmalloc fuse [last unloaded: ib_uverbs]
CPU: 2 PID: 12178 Comm: kworker/u20:5 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1_net_next_mlx5_58c644e #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events_unbound free_implicit_child_mr_work [mlx5_ib]
RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x12b/0x130
Code: 48 c7 c7 38 95 2a 82 c6 05 bc c6 fe 00 01 e8 0c 66 aa ff 0f 0b 5b c3 48 c7 c7 e0 94 2a 82 c6 05 a7 c6 fe 00 01 e8 f5 65 aa ff <0f> 0b 5b c3 90 8b 07 3d 00 00 00 c0 74 12 83 f8 01 74 13 8d 50 ff
RSP: 0018:ffff8881008e3e40 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000027
RDX: ffff88852c91b5c8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff88852c91b5c0
RBP: ffff8881dacd4e00 R08: 00000000ffffffff R09: 0000000000000019
R10: 000000000000072e R11: 0000000063666572 R12: ffff88812bfd9e00
R13: ffff8881c792d200 R14: ffff88810011c005 R15: ffff8881002099c0
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88852c900000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f5694b5e000 CR3: 00000001153f6003 CR4: 0000000000370ea0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? refcount_warn_saturate+0x12b/0x130
free_implicit_child_mr_work+0x180/0x1b0 [mlx5_ib]
process_one_work+0x1cc/0x3c0
worker_thread+0x218/0x3c0
kthread+0xc6/0xf0
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
</TASK>

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.5 6.1.191

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 6.12.13-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.13-1 —
Debian 12 linux No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-64.67 USN-7651-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1032.34 USN-7651-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1034.39 USN-7737-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1022.23 USN-7737-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1033.35 USN-7651-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1028.32 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1015.17 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1029.29 USN-7651-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-64.67.1 USN-7651-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1031.34 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1031.34.1 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1031.31 USN-7651-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1029.30 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1031.35 USN-7651-6
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +49 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1 USN-7737-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1 USN-7651-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 +1 6.8.0-64.67~22.04.1 USN-7653-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1029.29~22.04.1 USN-7651-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1 USN-7651-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1031.34~22.04.1 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1029.30~22.04.1 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2026.27 USN-7651-5
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1025.26 USN-7652-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1025.26~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 +10 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 rv +75 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 RHSA-2025:20518

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 9 rv +73 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 ALSA-2025:20518

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 9 kernel 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 RLSA-2025:20518
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +3 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2.150600.12.20.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +2 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 +1 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20260-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20260-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 +1 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_10 1-150600.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_10 1-150600.13.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_39 1-150400.9.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1.150400.24.80.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.161.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +4 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-64kb +5 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2.150600.12.20.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel No fix yet —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480

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