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CVE-2026-98361: RDMA/rxe: Restore HMM_PFN_WRITE check in ODP write paths

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • 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: 0.12% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 2d6c6f94d3e1cde049fe5db71dbd5549f10b2de1, 769001ce838d907ecaa95f1d0a4e8fc86f761f9f, c6f56982ec5c7da83c4bdfcce3b6db18bcfe6425.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 2d6c6f94d3e1cde049fe5db71dbd5549f10b2de1, 769001ce838d907ecaa95f1d0a4e8fc86f761f9f, c6f56982ec5c7da83c4bdfcce3b6db18bcfe6425 or later.

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Restore HMM_PFN_WRITE check in ODP write paths Commit 0b261d7c1cd3 ("RDMA/rxe: Break endless pagefault loop for RO pages") dropped the access permission test from rxe_check_pagefault() and left only HMM_PFN_VALID. A page faulted in read-only, for example a page-cache folio behind a PROT_READ file mapping, then satisfies the check and ODP write operations (RDMA WRITE, RDMA READ response, SEND payload, atomics) modify it through kmap without ever breaking CoW. An unprivileged user can register an ODP MR over such a mapping and have incoming RDMA traffic overwrite the page cache of a file it only holds O_RDONLY, including /etc/passwd or setuid binaries. This is the same primitive class as Dirty COW and CVE-2022-2590. mlx5 has the missing invariant: its ODP path sets the device write bit only for pfns that carry HMM_PFN_WRITE. Restore it in rxe by requiring HMM_PFN_WRITE in rxe_check_pagefault() for every operation except RXE_PAGEFAULT_RDONLY. A write to a non-writable VMA now fails the one fault attempt with -EPERM from hmm_vma_fault() instead of re-faulting forever. For a writable VMA the fault breaks CoW and the write lands in the private page. Keep pmem flushes on the read-only check. arch_wb_cache_pmem() never modifies memory, and the FLUSH access bits do not make the umem writable, so classifying flushes as writes would make every flush against a flush-only MR fail.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 6, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 1th percentile
CWE
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31

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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  • Linux Linux

    • 6.16affected
    • 0b261d7c1cd32dc93cbc92425fb55e67b24c6638 and later · before c6f56982ec5c7da83c4bdfcce3b6db18bcfe6425affected · git
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    • 0b261d7c1cd32dc93cbc92425fb55e67b24c6638 and later · before 769001ce838d907ecaa95f1d0a4e8fc86f761f9faffected · git
    • before 6.16not affected · semver
    • 6.18.54 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
    • 7.2.8 and later · up to and including 7.2.*not affected · semver
    • 7.3 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

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EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.2.8-17.2.8-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-98359Oct 6, 2026 · RDMA/core: Reject unregistering netdevs in ib_get_eth_speed
    28Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-98360Oct 6, 2026 · RDMA/rxe: insert mcg into mcg_tree only after rxe_mcast_add() succeeds
    28Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-98362Oct 6, 2026 · clk: scpi: bound-check DVFS index in scpi_dvfs_recalc_rate
    0Monitor

Remediation

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux2d6c6f94d3e1cde049fe5db71dbd5549f10b2de1Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux769001ce838d907ecaa95f1d0a4e8fc86f761f9fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc6f56982ec5c7da83c4bdfcce3b6db18bcfe6425Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux7.2.8-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

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  1. Published
  2. Fix recordedsame day
  3. TodayNov 10, 2026+35 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Bug bounty scope

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attack context

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Change log

  1. CVSS— → 7.8
  2. Severity— → high
  3. Exploit maturity— → none
  4. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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