CVE-2026-68418: RDMA/irdma: Prevent user-triggered null deref on QP create
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 4e75028c000e9560a7ff66a23d7cd872a967ab7e, 728211c815f6eef28dd3df2a5b6297483185aa20, ad68e0b759f9569f0dfea84f035c91eadb979802; azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 4e75028c000e9560a7ff66a23d7cd872a967ab7e, 728211c815f6eef28dd3df2a5b6297483185aa20, ad68e0b759f9569f0dfea84f035c91eadb979802; azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/irdma: Prevent user-triggered null deref on QP create Previously, the user QP creation path would only attempt to populate iwqp->iwpbl if the user-provided req.user_wqe_bufs field was non-zero. The problem is that iwqp->iwpbl is unconditionally dereferenced later on in irdma_setup_virt_qp. While there was a check for iwqp->iwpbl != NULL, this check would only occur if req.user_wqe_bufs was non-zero. The end result is that a user could send a zero user_wqe_bufs value and trigger a null ptr deref. Fix this by unconditionally calling irdma_get_pbl and bailing if it fails, similar to the CQ and SRQ paths.
- Published
- Aug 10, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 5th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
0
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 0 / 40 · —
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
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Linux Linux
- 5.14affected
- b48c24c2d710cf34810c555dcef883a3d35a9c08 and later · before 4e75028c000e9560a7ff66a23d7cd872a967ab7eaffected · git
- b48c24c2d710cf34810c555dcef883a3d35a9c08 and later · before d52ff592abfcd56234f266aa245c489f70b1c554affected · git
- b48c24c2d710cf34810c555dcef883a3d35a9c08 and later · before ad68e0b759f9569f0dfea84f035c91eadb979802affected · git
- b48c24c2d710cf34810c555dcef883a3d35a9c08 and later · before ec675b4cdfd378d8c9dd8c93126c024f2469bd79affected · git
- b48c24c2d710cf34810c555dcef883a3d35a9c08 and later · before 728211c815f6eef28dd3df2a5b6297483185aa20affected · git
- b48c24c2d710cf34810c555dcef883a3d35a9c08 and later · before b9b0889071569d43623c260074e159cd8f26adb1affected · git
- before 5.14not affected · semver
- 6.1.191 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
- 6.6.160 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | from 0 | — |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 7.1.6-1 | 7.1.6-1 |
Same product
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-68416Aug 10, 2026 · mtd: fix double free and WARN_ON in add_mtd_device() error paths0Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-68417Aug 10, 2026 · RDMA/siw: publish QP after initialization31Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-68419Aug 10, 2026 · RDMA/irdma: Prevent rereg_mr for non-mem regions31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 4e75028c000e9560a7ff66a23d7cd872a967ab7e | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 728211c815f6eef28dd3df2a5b6297483185aa20 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ad68e0b759f9569f0dfea84f035c91eadb979802 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | b9b0889071569d43623c260074e159cd8f26adb1 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | d52ff592abfcd56234f266aa245c489f70b1c554 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ec675b4cdfd378d8c9dd8c93126c024f2469bd79 | Vendor (CNA) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.150.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | — | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:linux | 7.1.6-1 · Debian:14 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
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National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
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- TR-26-0800 · Aug 11, 2026(Linux Kernel Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Technical details
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Weakness class (CWE)
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/728211c815f6eef28dd3df2a5b6297483185aa20
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad68e0b759f9569f0dfea84f035c91eadb979802
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9b0889071569d43623c260074e159cd8f26adb1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d52ff592abfcd56234f266aa245c489f70b1c554
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec675b4cdfd378d8c9dd8c93126c024f2469bd79
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.