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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 29, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024

CVE-2018-14734

CVE-2018-14734

Description

drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.11 allows ucma_leave_multicast to access a certain data structure after a cleanup step in ucma_process_join, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free).

Affected products

124

Patches

1
cb2595c1393b

infiniband: fix a possible use-after-free bug

https://github.com/torvalds/linuxCong WangJun 1, 2018via osv
commit
1 file changed · +5 −1
  • drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c+5 −1 modified
    @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static struct ucma_multicast* ucma_alloc_multicast(struct ucma_context *ctx)
 		return NULL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&mut);
-	mc->id = idr_alloc(&multicast_idr, mc, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	mc->id = idr_alloc(&multicast_idr, NULL, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	mutex_unlock(&mut);
 	if (mc->id < 0)
 		goto error;
@@ -1421,6 +1421,10 @@ static ssize_t ucma_process_join(struct ucma_file *file,
 		goto err3;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&mut);
+	idr_replace(&multicast_idr, mc, mc->id);
+	mutex_unlock(&mut);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&file->mut);
 	ucma_put_ctx(ctx);
 	return 0;

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

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