# CVE-2026-64582: RDMA/rxe: Fix a use-after-free problem in rxe_mmap

> A use-after-free in the Linux kernel RDMA subsystem allows attackers to cause crashes or potentially execute code via race conditions.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2026-64582, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-64582, GHSA-9mqw-m8jv-5hmw, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-64582

## What is CVE-2026-64582?

CVE-2026-64582 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 5 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

RDMA/rxe: Fix a use-after-free problem in rxe_mmap

rxe_mmap() removes a rxe_mmap_info struct from the pending_mmaps list
and releases pending_lock while the struct's kref is still at 1:

   list_del_init(&ip->pending_mmaps);
   spin_unlock_bh(&rxe->pending_lock);   /* ref == 1, no lock held */
   ret = remap_vmalloc_range(vma, ip->obj, 0);  /* walks PTEs */
   [...]
   rxe_vma_open(vma);                    /* kref_get, ref → 2 */
   remap_vmalloc_range_partial() walks PTEs without any lock.

A concurrent DESTROY_CQ ioctl on another CPU calls:

    kref_put(&q->ip->ref, rxe_mmap_release)   /* ref 1→0 */
    vfree(ip->obj)   /* clears vmalloc PTEs mid-walk */
    kfree(ip)        /* frees rxe_mmap_info */

This yields:

   1. Kernel crash, vmalloc_to_page() returns NULL when vfree wins the
   per-PTE race -> vm_insert_page(NULL) → GPF in validate_page_before_insert

   2. Page UAF, vmalloc_to_page() reads a stale PTE before vfree clears
   it. User VMA holds a PTE to a free'd page which might eventually get
   reallocated later by vmalloc which allows the attacker to get a clean
   page-level UAF.

   It is worth noting that even though a page-level UAF is possible given
   the strong primitive, it is statistically very difficult to achieve
   given the very short time window (after the last insert_page and before
   the kref_get).

The call trace are as below:

  Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000001: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
  KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]
  CPU: 0 UID: 1000 PID: 413 Comm: poc Not tainted 7.0.0-rc5-dirty #28 PREEMPT(lazy)
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
  RIP: 0010:validate_page_before_insert+0x32/0x300
  Code: e5 41 57 41 56 49 89 fe 41 55 41 54 53 48 89 f3 e8 93 b5 a3 ff 48 8d 7b 08 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 7b 02 00 00 4c 8b 63 08 31 ff 4d 89 e5 41 83 e5
  RSP: 0018:ffff88811b15f2f0 EFLAGS: 00000202
  RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
  RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000008
  RBP: ffff88811b15f318 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
  R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8881181eee00
  R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8881181eee00 R15: ffff8881181eee20
  FS:  00007b1e000f76c0(0000) GS:ffff8884268e0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
  CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
  CR2: 00007b1e00a24ac0 CR3: 0000000116eb3000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   insert_page+0x8f/0x190
   ? __pfx_insert_page+0x10/0x10
   ? kasan_save_alloc_info+0x38/0x60
   vm_insert_page+0x2e7/0x400
   remap_vmalloc_range_partial+0x212/0x3e0
   remap_vmalloc_range+0x6e/0xb0
   ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30
   rxe_mmap+0x2e9/0x5d0
   ib_uverbs_mmap+0x1ad/0x2c0
   __mmap_region+0x12c2/0x2ad0
   ? __pfx___mmap_region+0x10/0x10
   ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_switch+0x58/0xb0
   ? mas_prev_slot+0x360/0x39c0
   ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_switch+0x58/0xb0
   ? mas_next_slot+0x1e5b/0x2f40
   ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_cmp8+0x18/0x30
   ? unmapped_area_topdown+0x4dd/0x610
   ? kfree+0x1b1/0x440
   ? free_cpumask_var+0x16/0x30
   ? __kasan_slab_free+0x7d/0xa0
   ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_cmp8+0x18/0x30
   mmap_region+0x2e6/0x3c0
   do_mmap+0xa3e/0x12a0
   ? __pfx_do_mmap+0x10/0x10
   ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30
   ? down_write_killable+0xba/0x160
   ? __pfx_down_write_killable+0x10/0x10
   ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_cmp4+0x16/0x30
   vm_mmap_pgoff+0x2d4/0x4a0
   ? __pfx_vm_mmap_pgoff+0x10/0x10
   ? fget+0x1bf/0x270
   ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x40c/0x690
   ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp4+0x16/0x30
   ? __pfx_ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x10/0x10
   ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30
   ? _raw_spin_trylock+0xbb/0x130
   ? __pfx__raw_spin_trylock+0x10/0x10
   __x64_sys_mmap+0x135/0x1e0
   x64_sys_c
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Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-64582?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-64582?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-64582 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-64582 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-64582 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-64582 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 5 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-64582 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-64582/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-64582/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64582
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64582
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-64582

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