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

RDMA/rxe: Clear all QP fields if creation failed

rxe_qp_do_cleanup() relies on valid pointer values in QP for the properly
created ones, but in case rxe_qp_from_init() failed it was filled with
garbage and caused tot the following error.

refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 12560 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0x1d1/0x1e0 lib/refcount.c:28
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 12560 Comm: syz-executor.4 Not tainted 5.12.0-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x1d1/0x1e0 lib/refcount.c:28
Code: e9 db fe ff ff 48 89 df e8 2c c2 ea fd e9 8a fe ff ff e8 72 6a a7 fd 48 c7 c7 e0 b2 c1 89 c6 05 dc 3a e6 09 01 e8 ee 74 fb 04 <0f> 0b e9 af fe ff ff 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 41 56 41 55 41 54 55
RSP: 0018:ffffc900097ceba8 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000040000 RSI: ffffffff815bb075 RDI: fffff520012f9d67
RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffffff815b4eae R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8880322a4800
R13: ffff8880322a4940 R14: ffff888033044e00 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007f6eb2be3700(0000) GS:ffff8880b9d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fdbe5d41000 CR3: 000000001d181000 CR4: 00000000001506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
__refcount_sub_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:283 [inline]
__refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:315 [inline]
refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:333 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:64 [inline]
rxe_qp_do_cleanup+0x96f/0xaf0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c:805
execute_in_process_context+0x37/0x150 kernel/workqueue.c:3327
rxe_elem_release+0x9f/0x180 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c:391
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
rxe_create_qp+0x2cd/0x310 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:425
_ib_create_qp drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h:331 [inline]
ib_create_named_qp+0x2ad/0x1370 drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c:1231
ib_create_qp include/rdma/ib_verbs.h:3644 [inline]
create_mad_qp+0x177/0x2d0 drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c:2920
ib_mad_port_open drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c:3001 [inline]
ib_mad_init_device+0xd6f/0x1400 drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c:3092
add_client_context+0x405/0x5e0 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:717
enable_device_and_get+0x1cd/0x3b0 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1331
ib_register_device drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1413 [inline]
ib_register_device+0x7c7/0xa50 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1365
rxe_register_device+0x3d5/0x4a0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:1147
rxe_add+0x12fe/0x16d0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:247
rxe_net_add+0x8c/0xe0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:503
rxe_newlink drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:269 [inline]
rxe_newlink+0xb7/0xe0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:250
nldev_newlink+0x30e/0x550 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:1555
rdma_nl_rcv_msg+0x36d/0x690 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:195
rdma_nl_rcv_skb drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:239 [inline]
rdma_nl_rcv+0x2ee/0x430 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:259
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1312 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x533/0x7d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1338
netlink_sendmsg+0x856/0xd90 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1927
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:654 [inline]
sock_sendmsg+0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:674
____sys_sendmsg+0x6e8/0x810 net/socket.c:2350
___sys_sendmsg+0xf3/0x170 net/socket.c:2404
__sys_sendmsg+0xe5/0x1b0 net/socket.c:2433
do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:47
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0
---truncated---
Published: 2024-03-01
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T13:47:39.518Z

Reserved: 2024-02-29T22:33:44.297Z

Link: CVE-2021-47078

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:24:39.601Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-01T22:15:47.333

Modified: 2025-03-19T16:11:07.697

Link: CVE-2021-47078

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-47078 - Bugzilla

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