In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvmet-rdma: fix response resource leak on queue teardown
When an nvme target with rdma transport is removed while I/Os are in
flight, a response can be posted but its send completion is never
delivered before the connection is torn down. As a result
nvmet_rdma_send_done() and nvmet_rdma_release_rsp() are never called for
the response, and this leaks the allocated RDMA read/write context and
request SGLs.
These leaks are recreated by running blktests nvme/061 with the rdma
transport and the siw driver. Kernel kmemleak feature reports them as
follows:
unreferenced object 0xffff88812bc490c0 (size 32):
comm "kworker/2:1H", pid 409, jiffies 4307744490
backtrace (crc 89afd339):
__kmalloc_noprof+0x5f9/0x890
sgl_alloc_order+0x7b/0x380
nvmet_req_alloc_sgls+0x290/0x4f0 [nvmet]
nvmet_rdma_map_sgl_keyed+0x241/0x12e0 [nvmet_rdma]
nvmet_rdma_handle_command+0x73e/0xb80 [nvmet_rdma]
__ib_process_cq+0x149/0x4c0 [ib_core]
ib_cq_poll_work+0x49/0x160 [ib_core]
process_one_work+0x8b2/0x1640
worker_thread+0x5fd/0xfe0
kthread+0x367/0x460
ret_from_fork+0x655/0x9d0
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
unreferenced object 0xffff88814bd05e80 (size 64):
comm "kworker/3:1H", pid 148, jiffies 4295195428
backtrace (crc e35510cb):
__kmalloc_noprof+0x5f9/0x890
rdma_rw_ctx_init+0x333/0x1fa0 [ib_core]
nvmet_rdma_map_sgl_keyed+0x5c8/0x12e0 [nvmet_rdma]
nvmet_rdma_handle_command+0x73e/0xb80 [nvmet_rdma]
__ib_process_cq+0x149/0x4c0 [ib_core]
ib_cq_poll_work+0x49/0x160 [ib_core]
process_one_work+0x8b2/0x1640
worker_thread+0x5fd/0xfe0
kthread+0x367/0x460
ret_from_fork+0x655/0x9d0
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
To avoid the memory leaks, reclaim the memory of the in-flight responses
when the queue QP is torn down. Call nvmet_rdma_free_rsp_resources()
that frees up the RDMA read/write context and the request SGLs of such
responses.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.7% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-11). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it