CVE-2026-64102

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

RDMA/siw: Reject MPA FPDU length underflow before signed receive math

A malicious connected siw peer can send an iWARP FPDU whose MPA length field (c_hdr->mpa_len, 16 bit big-endian, peer-controlled) is smaller than the fixed DDP/RDMAP header for the announced opcode. Soft-iWARP parses the full header in siw_get_hdr() based on iwarp_pktinfo[opcode] .hdr_len, but never compares mpa_len against that header length.

siw_tcp_rx_data() then derives

srx->fpdu_part_rem = be16_to_cpu(mpa_len) - fpdu_part_rcvd
                     + MPA_HDR_SIZE;

where fpdu_part_rcvd equals iwarp_pktinfo[opcode].hdr_len at this point. For a tagged WRITE (hdr_len 16, MPA_HDR_SIZE 2) the smallest on-wire mpa_len of 0 yields fpdu_part_rem = -14, and any mpa_len below hdr_len - MPA_HDR_SIZE underflows to a negative int.

The signed value then flows into siw_proc_write()/siw_proc_rresp() as

bytes = min(srx->fpdu_part_rem, srx->skb_new);

is handed to siw_check_mem() as an int len (whose interval check addr + len > mem->va + mem->len is satisfied for a valid base when len is negative), and reaches siw_rx_data() -> siw_rx_kva() / siw_rx_umem() -> skb_copy_bits() as a signed copy length. The header copy branch in skb_copy_bits() promotes that to size_t, producing a multi-gigabyte read.

KASAN under a KUnit harness that drives the real kernel TCP receive path – a loopback AF_INET socketpair, the malformed FPDU written via kernel_sendmsg, sk_data_ready firing in softirq, tcp_read_sock dispatching to siw_tcp_rx_data – reports:

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in skb_copy_bits+0x284/0x480
Read of size 4294967295 at addr ffff888...
Call Trace:
 skb_copy_bits
 siw_rx_kva
 siw_rx_data
 siw_check_mem
 siw_proc_write
 siw_tcp_rx_data
 __tcp_read_sock
 siw_qp_llp_data_ready
 tcp_data_ready
 tcp_data_queue

Add the missing invariant at the earliest point where the peer header is fully assembled. iwarp_pktinfo[*].hdr_len - MPA_HDR_SIZE is exactly the value the siw transmitter uses as the minimum mpa_len for each opcode (drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_qp.c:33), so this matches the protocol contract. Out-of-range FPDUs terminate the connection with TERM_ERROR_LAYER_LLP / LLP_ETYPE_MPA / LLP_ECODE_FPDU_START – which is RFC 5044 Section 8 error code 3 (Marker and ULPDU Length fields do not agree on the start of an FPDU), the correct framing-error class for this inconsistency.

Weakness

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Assume all input is malicious. Use an “accept known good” input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
• When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, “boat” may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as “red” or “blue.”
• Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code’s environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
• To reduce the likelihood of introducing an out-of-bounds read, ensure that you validate and ensure correct calculations for any length argument, buffer size calculation, or offset. Be especially careful of relying on a sentinel (i.e. special character such as NUL) in untrusted inputs.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/540.html

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ce1bc9e46ecabe84772bb561e373c0d9876d6f2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1012896f4225e8f801ff3c1648023845b66dfb11
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14553be882d9ce91749c9d64041de66e34ad8e70
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33a8b5e971e294ec2a7b74211c545e09efd8e9ac
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a331582011d9e8089af8aa2a61ec6b4443bb245
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/683f7cfbf514193d63c0efa079f3352bde84c2e0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/775b4dc9618a99a1fa48b57554041a5dc17e1336
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7c0c0f4379dedec12d24dbb9dded5d2db7fd9f2