{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2026-63860",
  "modified": "2026-10-09T11:39:44Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-63860"
  ],
  "published": "2026-07-19T14:05:10Z",
  "summary": "RDMA/core: Prefer NLA_NUL_STRING",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/core: Prefer NLA_NUL_STRING\n\nThese attributes are evaluated as c-string (passed to strcmp), but\nNLA_STRING doesn't check for the presence of a \\0 terminator.\n\nEither this needs to switch to nla_strcmp() and needs to adjust printf fmt\nspecifier to not use plain %s, or this needs to use NLA_NUL_STRING.\n\nAs the code has been this way for long time, it seems to me that userspace\ndoes include the terminating nul, even tough its not enforced so far, and\nthus NLA_NUL_STRING use is the simpler solution.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-2712",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v6",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7l",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v8",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "per_version": {
          "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4": {
            "linux_commit": "655fc658a15ae7a6f37103754adb39ba52a9a14e",
            "upstream_version": "6.1.47",
            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
            "upstream_fixed": "6.1.175",
            "compiled_filter": false
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63860"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcd07d3b8ee7a39b344d73aed69c1a68cd9eacdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87111356d58d86edb221ba144d261ed83a5b8bbe"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abda65bdd13084c771842adaac1f652d0660dd82"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/137b5918931d4d05aa8ea8d3adf67f7224eef63c"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5877c043398d5fa0e93919a3d837e5cd7a98a961"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2c7b39dde2e61df8157066969cc2a408cd3dcd9"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c26a0052cceed4c4d380ee5808b699f937fb58d8"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ed3d14fc45d3da6025e7fe4a6a09066856698e2"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-08-05T13:16:28Z",
    "severity": {
      "source": "kernel CNA",
      "cvss_v3_score": 8.4,
      "cvss_v3_severity": "High",
      "scenario": "AV:L - The bug is reached when userspace sends crafted NETLINK_RDMA (protocol 20) messages to the iWARP Port Mapper netlink handlers in `iwpm_register_pid_cb()` and `iwpm_mapping_info_cb()`, not from remote network packets.\nAC:L - An attacker fully controls the netlink attribute payload and can send a maximal-length string without a NUL terminator to reliably trigger unbounded `strcmp()` reads; no race or victim-dependent state is required beyond reaching the handler.\nPR:N - IWPM netlink ops lack `RDMA_NL_ADMIN_PERM`, and `netlink_sendmsg()` only enforces `CAP_NET_ADMIN` when `dst_pid` or `dst_group` is non-zero, so an unprivileged local process can send messages to the kernel RDMA netlink socket without capabilities or user-namespace tricks.\nUI:N - Exploitation requires only a local process sending a crafted netlink message; no victim interaction such as mounting a filesystem or opening a device is needed.\nS:U - Impact is confined to kernel RDMA/iWARP port-mapper state (e.g., `iwpm_user_pid`, mapping tables) within the same kernel security authority and does not cross VM, container, or IOMMU boundaries.\nC:H - `NLA_STRING` does not enforce a NUL terminator, yet `strcmp()` reads until `\\0`, causing an out-of-bounds kernel read past the attribute boundary; error paths also pass the pointer to `%s` in `pr_info()`, enabling further kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - By sending exactly 19 bytes of `iWarpPortMapperUser` without a terminator, an attacker can make `strcmp()` read a NUL from NLA padding and pass validation, hijacking `iwpm_user_pid` and redirecting subsequent iWARP port-mapping operations to attacker-controlled userspace.\nA:H - Unbounded `strcmp()` on a non-NUL-terminated netlink attribute can read beyond the skb buffer and trigger a kernel page fault/oops, and successful port-mapper impersonation can disrupt iWARP connectivity on affected systems."
    }
  }
}