CVE-2025-21892: RDMA/mlx5: Fix the recovery flow of the UMR QP

mediumCVSS 4.7CVE-2025-21892

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Mellanox product: RDMA mlx5Other

What: The RDMA mlx5 driver has a defect in the recovery flow of the UMR queue pair.
Who is affected: Systems using Mellanox RDMA hardware with the mlx5 driver.
Urgency: Medium severity (CVSS 4.7) with moderate impact to RDMA reliability.
Action: Apply the Linux kernel patch that fixes the UMR QP recovery flow.

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Details

Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (INTL · vendor-psirt · site)
Severity: medium — CVSS 4.7
Published: 2026-08-06
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Original advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21892

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-218920.14% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 3% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2025-21892	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for RDMA/mlx5

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

highCVE-2026-74396: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Fix UMR XLT cle…nvd · 2026-08-15
unknownCVE-2026-74395: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Fix devx subscr…nvd · 2026-08-15
highCVE-2026-74297: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Fix undefined s…nvd · 2026-08-15
highCVE-2026-74296: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Release the HW‑…nvd · 2026-08-15
mediumCVE-2025-21888: RDMA/mlx5: Fix a WARN during dereg_mr for DM typemsrc · 2026-08-06
highCVE-2025-21714: RDMA/mlx5: Fix implicit ODP use after freemsrc · 2026-08-06