CVE-2026-93151

Status: ReceivedHigh (7.5)—

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:

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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.

Technical details traces, logs and code from the original report

  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

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base score: 7.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.70%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 52
Score date: 10/4/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access45 %
Primary impactT1499.004 Application or System Exploitationimpact75 %

Vulnerabilidad de DoS en kernel Linux (nvmet-rdma) que causa fuga de memoria y agotamiento de recursos al procesar I/Os en vuelo durante teardown de conexión RDMA.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Filter Network Traffic Vulnerability Scanning Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Limit Access to Resource Over Network Application Isolation and Sandboxing

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

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