Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-74378RDMA/rxe: Fix TOCTOU heap overflow in get_srq_wqe

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix TOCTOU heap overflow in get_srq_wqe get_srq_wqe() reads wqe->dma.num_sge from the shared receive queue buffer, which is mapped into userspace. It validates num_sge against max_sge, but then re-reads the same field to calculate the memcpy size. A concurrent userspace thread can modify num_sge between validation and use, causing a heap buffer overflow when copying the WQE into qp->resp.srq_wqe. Read num_sge into a local variable and use it for both the bounds check and the size calculation.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.180-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74378
Debian:13linux6.12.100-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74378
Debian:14linux7.1.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-202.212UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-147.147UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-38.38UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1119.126UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1067.70UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.07.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1125.134UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1071.79UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure7.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.07.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1124.133UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1069.76UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde7.0.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.07.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1120.130UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1071.79UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.07.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1115.121UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1066.74UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gke7.0.0-1008.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1102.110UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1052.56UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-38.38~24.04.4UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1113.117UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1067.68UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1114.120UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1111.116UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-197.207UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-147.147.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1114.115UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.07.0.0-1024.25~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bos7.0.0-2022.23UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1070.72UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1036.39UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1059.59UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1116.122UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1064.67UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1013.13UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.07.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtime7.0.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-38.38.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmware6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74378

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 8700e3e7c4857d28ebaa824509934556da0b3e76 – before c8db0e5ab0b6c540214c46c56aaac7cbcb0967fe8700e3e7c4857d28ebaa824509934556da0b3e76 – before e48daa94ad2d406225b73491fc935064716f0ec78700e3e7c4857d28ebaa824509934556da0b3e76 – before 3cfa2a3adc51b7c57729961a03446962ff10e3d28700e3e7c4857d28ebaa824509934556da0b3e76 – before cd19a6345e3727adafafa5954b58b13c92e13b808700e3e7c4857d28ebaa824509934556da0b3e76 – before 3e07ea9579dc9553d2285c26c2823931358aa3b88700e3e7c4857d28ebaa824509934556da0b3e76 – before 02558c86b6b761063e9399e6b939984500327ef18700e3e7c4857d28ebaa824509934556da0b3e76 – before b9800d7953d119bcc068c74587d48e4ba03136298700e3e7c4857d28ebaa824509934556da0b3e76 – before 22b8fbded65b8c441b634a185f8da67657df6c50
Linux Linux 4.8

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