CVE-2026-23243

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-18. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write

ib_umad_write computes data_len from user-controlled count and the MAD header sizes. With a mismatched user MAD header size and RMPP header length, data_len can become negative and reach ib_create_send_mad(). This can make the padding calculation exceed the segment size and trigger an out-of-bounds memset in alloc_send_rmpp_list().

Add an explicit check to reject negative data_len before creating the send buffer.

KASAN splat: [ 211.363464] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ib_create_send_mad+0xa01/0x11b0 [ 211.364077] Write of size 220 at addr ffff88800c3fa1f8 by task spray_thread/102 [ 211.365867] ib_create_send_mad+0xa01/0x11b0 [ 211.365887] ib_umad_write+0x853/0x1c80

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity78% × 45%
The EG Score, 7.8 of 10.
Exploitation0.1% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
2nd
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

March 18, 2026

Last Modified

October 15, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Jun 10, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6a3e4af10993cb9e4b8f0548680aba0ab5f3b0d
Web page

RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c80d688f402539dfc8f336de1380d6b4ee14316
Web page

RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eb2919474ca105c5b13d19574e25f0ddcf19ca2
Web page

RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5551b02fdbfd85a325bb857f3a8f9c9f33397ed2
Web page

RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52ab82cc5cf8ada5c3fb6ffe8f32fdb2fc27a34b
Web page

RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/362e45fd9069ffa1523f9f1633b606ebf72060d7
Web page

RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/205955f29c26330b1dc7fdeadd5bb97c38e26f56
Web page

RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1371ef6b1ecf3676b8942f5dfb3634fb0648128e

Patch Availability(31)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.15.0-1075 (5.15.0-1075.79) @ jammy2026-10-15ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-10-15ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-5.15 (5.15.0.1107.107) @ jammy2026-10-15ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (5.15.0.1106.110~20.04.1) @ focal2026-10-15ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1109.105) @ jammy2026-10-15ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-6.8 (6.8.0-1060.64) @ noble2026-10-15ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-6.8 (6.8.0-2049.50) @ noble2026-10-15ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1064.64) @ jammy2026-10-15ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1064.66~20.04.1) @ focal2026-10-15ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-6.8 (6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-10-15ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1062.69) @ noble2026-10-15ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-5.15 (5.15.0.1117.102) @ jammy2026-10-15ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1117.126) @ jammy2026-10-15ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.15.0.1109.115~20.04.1) @ focal2026-10-15ubuntu
redhatkernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.155.1.rt56.1307.el72026-07-17redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-1160.153.1.el72026-06-22redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-305.194.1.el8_42026-06-17redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-372.196.1.el8_62026-06-17redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_102026-05-28redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.126.1.rt7.467.el8_102026-05-28redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-427.127.1.el9_42026-05-27redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-284.172.1.el9_22026-05-26redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.172.1.rt14.457.el9_22026-05-20redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-477.143.1.el8_82026-05-20redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_82026-05-19redhat
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_22026-05-19redhat
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-55.72.1.el10_02026-05-11redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-570.112.1.el9_62026-05-06redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:5.14.0-70.178.1.rt21.250.el9_02026-05-06redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-70.178.1.el9_02026-05-06redhat
linuxKernel @ 5.10.252 (fixes >=2.6.24)—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 5.10.92-2 (53 versions)
  • every version up to 5.10.257-1: fixed in 5.10.257-1
—
linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1 ... 6.1.164-1~deb11u1 (16 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.170-1~deb11u1: fixed in 6.1.170-1~deb11u1
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (48 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.170-1: fixed in 6.1.170-1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 (17 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.85-1: fixed in 6.12.85-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.18~rc7-1~exp1 (104 versions)
  • every version up to 6.18.14-1: fixed in 6.18.14-1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(8)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 34× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 99 of 259 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 1 repeat row among the latest 100 is merged into the row it repeats. The 160 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-15 02:38 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-15 02:38 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-15 02:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  4. 2026-10-15 01:41 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-15 01:41 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-15 01:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  7. 2026-10-14 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  8. 2026-10-13 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  9. 2026-10-12 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  10. 2026-10-12 16:21 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-11 20:03 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-11 17:16 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-11 14:48 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-11 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
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  1. 2026-09-28 01:19 UTCOSV refresh
  2. 2026-09-27 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  3. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
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  10. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
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  14. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  15. 2026-09-08 09:18 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-08 09:18 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-08 09:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  18. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  19. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  20. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  21. 2026-09-02 18:08 UTCOSV refresh
  22. 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
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  37. 2026-08-16 11:17 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-16 11:17 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-16 11:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  40. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
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  42. 2026-08-14 20:35 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-14 20:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  44. 2026-08-14 07:25 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-14 07:25 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-08-14 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  47. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  48. 2026-08-12 22:12 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-12 22:12 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-08-12 22:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  51. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  52. 2026-08-11 21:32 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-11 21:31 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-08-11 21:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  55. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  56. 2026-08-11 04:38 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-08-11 04:38 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-11 04:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  59. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  60. 2026-08-10 09:09 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-08-10 09:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  62. 2026-08-09 20:04 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-08-09 20:04 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-08-09 20:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  65. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  66. 2026-08-09 07:00 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-08-09 07:00 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-08-09 07:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  69. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  70. 2026-08-08 06:36 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-08-08 06:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  72. 2026-08-07 17:32 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-08-07 17:32 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-08-07 17:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85rq-57vx-88q2 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-23243?
CVE-2026-23243 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on March 18, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/umad: Reject negative datalen in ibumad_write ibumadwrite computes data_len from user-controlled count and the MAD header sizes. With a mismatched user MAD header size and RMPP header length, datalen can become negative and…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-23243 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-23243 was published on March 18, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 15, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-23243 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-23243 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (2nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-23243?
CVE-2026-23243 has a CVSS base score of 7.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-23243?
A fix for CVE-2026-23243 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-23243 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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