[PATCH] RDMA/ucma: Fix use-after-free in ucma_create_uevent
From: shaikh.kamal
Date: Sun May 03 2026 - 06:51:53 EST
ucma_create_uevent() dereferences event->param.ud.private_data
as a struct ucma_multicast for multicast events. However,
this pointer may refer to memory that has already been freed,
leading to a use-after-free.
Fix this by avoiding dereferencing private_data for multicast
events and instead using ctx for uid and id, which has a
well-defined lifetime.
Tested by running the reproducer under KASAN with slub_debug
enabled for several hours with no crashes observed.
Reported-by: syzbot+a6ffe86390c8a6afc818@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=a6ffe86390c8a6afc818
Fixes: c8f6a362bf3e ("RDMA/cma: Add multicast communication support")
Signed-off-by: shaikh.kamal <shaikhkamal2012@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
index 6e700b974033..8eef10352af7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
@@ -270,10 +270,12 @@ static struct ucma_event *ucma_create_uevent(struct ucma_context *ctx,
switch (event->event) {
case RDMA_CM_EVENT_MULTICAST_JOIN:
case RDMA_CM_EVENT_MULTICAST_ERROR:
- uevent->mc = (struct ucma_multicast *)
- event->param.ud.private_data;
- uevent->resp.uid = uevent->mc->uid;
- uevent->resp.id = uevent->mc->id;
+ /*
+ * event->param.ud.private_data may point to a ucma_multicast
+ * that has already been freed, so use ctx instead.
+ */
+ uevent->resp.uid = ctx->uid;
+ uevent->resp.id = ctx->id;
break;
default:
uevent->resp.uid = ctx->uid;
--
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