{"id":"CVE-2026-93151","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmet-rdma: fix response resource leak on queue teardown\n\nWhen an nvme target with rdma transport is removed while I/Os are in\nflight, a response can be posted but its …","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmet-rdma: fix response resource leak on queue teardown\n\nWhen an nvme target with rdma transport is removed while I/Os are in\nflight, a response can be posted but its …","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 8f000cac6e7a6edca7ab93bafc7ed28b27c1545b < 91cfa74f1f3772e8c3662c064a45d8633e00c78e","Linux >= 8f000cac6e7a6edca7ab93bafc7ed28b27c1545b < 156ec10a8be2c33b0c279d8b2f4fe8e16fa89ef7","Linux >= 8f000cac6e7a6edca7ab93bafc7ed28b27c1545b < 9584b3c30e4ee8ca315bdc12249cc6c47cf1a482","Linux >= 8f000cac6e7a6edca7ab93bafc7ed28b27c1545b < 5cc3b21729d45b5af8f79891f9dedb7e6b6dbd08","Linux >= 8f000cac6e7a6edca7ab93bafc7ed28b27c1545b < ca795fc1d8a1a4ab0e6bd1d27c9adb78d4ed1a1c","Linux >= 8f000cac6e7a6edca7ab93bafc7ed28b27c1545b < d553a9dc1c45666e76d8d2ac9a4f8ff0cbf53a50","Linux >= 8f000cac6e7a6edca7ab93bafc7ed28b27c1545b < 0114dd303b373522dea06053aabae34bdd33a7c4","Linux 4.8"],"published":"2026-09-17","updated":"2026-09-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-18T18:18:22.890","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93151","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0114dd303b373522dea06053aabae34bdd33a7c4","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156ec10a8be2c33b0c279d8b2f4fe8e16fa89ef7","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cc3b21729d45b5af8f79891f9dedb7e6b6dbd08","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91cfa74f1f3772e8c3662c064a45d8633e00c78e","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9584b3c30e4ee8ca315bdc12249cc6c47cf1a482","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca795fc1d8a1a4ab0e6bd1d27c9adb78d4ed1a1c","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d553a9dc1c45666e76d8d2ac9a4f8ff0cbf53a50","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.0067,"epssPercentile":0.50172,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-17T16:21:47.741Z","slug":"CVE-2026-93151","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmet-rdma: fix response resource leak on queue teardown\n\nWhen an nvme target with rdma transport is removed while I/Os are in\nflight, a response can be posted but its send completion is never\ndelivered before the connection is torn down. As a result\nnvmet_rdma_send_done() and nvmet_rdma_release_rsp() are never called for\nthe response, and this leaks the allocated RDMA read/write context and\nrequest SGLs.\n\nThese leaks are recreated by running blktests nvme/061 with the rdma\ntransport and the siw driver. Kernel kmemleak feature reports them as\nfollows:\n\n  unreferenced object 0xffff88812bc490c0 (size 32):\n    comm \"kworker/2:1H\", pid 409, jiffies 4307744490\n    backtrace (crc 89afd339):\n      __kmalloc_noprof+0x5f9/0x890\n      sgl_alloc_order+0x7b/0x380\n      nvmet_req_alloc_sgls+0x290/0x4f0 [nvmet]\n      nvmet_rdma_map_sgl_keyed+0x241/0x12e0 [nvmet_rdma]\n      nvmet_rdma_handle_command+0x73e/0xb80 [nvmet_rdma]\n      __ib_process_cq+0x149/0x4c0 [ib_core]\n      ib_cq_poll_work+0x49/0x160 [ib_core]\n      process_one_work+0x8b2/0x1640\n      worker_thread+0x5fd/0xfe0\n      kthread+0x367/0x460\n      ret_from_fork+0x655/0x9d0\n      ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\n  unreferenced object 0xffff88814bd05e80 (size 64):\n    comm \"kworker/3:1H\", pid 148, jiffies 4295195428\n    backtrace (crc e35510cb):\n      __kmalloc_noprof+0x5f9/0x890\n      rdma_rw_ctx_init+0x333/0x1fa0 [ib_core]\n      nvmet_rdma_map_sgl_keyed+0x5c8/0x12e0 [nvmet_rdma]\n      nvmet_rdma_handle_command+0x73e/0xb80 [nvmet_rdma]\n      __ib_process_cq+0x149/0x4c0 [ib_core]\n      ib_cq_poll_work+0x49/0x160 [ib_core]\n      process_one_work+0x8b2/0x1640\n      worker_thread+0x5fd/0xfe0\n      kthread+0x367/0x460\n      ret_from_fork+0x655/0x9d0\n      ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\nTo avoid the memory leaks, reclaim the memory of the in-flight responses\nwhen the queue QP is torn down. Call nvmet_rdma_free_rsp_resources()\nthat frees up the RDMA read/write context and the request SGLs of such\nresponses.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":207399,"id":"CVE-2026-93151","ts":1789757343940,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"7.5"},{"seq":207398,"id":"CVE-2026-93151","ts":1789757343940,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"high"}]}