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GHSA-VH89-8C9P-VVG2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-06 09:31 – Updated: 2026-10-07 09:32

Details

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

RDMA/core: fix refcount bug in iwpm_get_nlmsg_request()

iwpm_get_nlmsg_request() initializes refcount after list_add_tail() making it accessible to global list where another CPU can kref_get() on nlmsg_request causing a refcount "addition on 0" bug. Fix this by initializing kref before list_add_tail() so refcount for nlmsg_request can be incremented/decremented normally. In addition, also initialize every field before list_add_tail().

Severity

7.0 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-98252 (GCVE-0-2026-98252)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-06 08:45 – Updated: 2026-10-07 06:49

Title

RDMA/core: fix refcount bug in iwpm_get_nlmsg_request()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: fix refcount bug in iwpm_get_nlmsg_request() iwpm_get_nlmsg_request() initializes refcount _after_ list_add_tail() making it accessible to global list where another CPU can kref_get() on nlmsg_request causing a refcount "addition on 0" bug. Fix this by initializing kref _before_ list_add_tail() so refcount for nlmsg_request can be incremented/decremented normally. In addition, also initialize every field before list_add_tail().

Severity

7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 54/100 over 6633 records in the last 180 days details

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52c13c63bb3662c10…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a91609032d47e77b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce8a379598bd40580…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fbac8a56004b6ce5…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e429a4e9bac3d21…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e15eb536be4f646ce…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/117871cdb8927542a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33fb59da49c4c3f5c…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 , < 52c13c63bb3662c108244e7447055e30bf40244e (git) Affected: 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 , < 8a91609032d47e77bcb37bc8f6e88d89340d2709 (git) Affected: 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 , < ce8a379598bd4058081416abea4279fd05a95374 (git) Affected: 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 , < 2fbac8a56004b6ce54fbfe845d4b25da6e0b55e8 (git) Affected: 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 , < 88e429a4e9bac3d2138011c5ca06254331f2587f (git) Affected: 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 , < e15eb536be4f646ce683d2867572b2200be877f7 (git) Affected: 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 , < 117871cdb8927542abd7b65ce5995bf0265a8c05 (git) Affected: 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 , < 33fb59da49c4c3f5c2ec9f9d4447a56857a02c02 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.16 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.16 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.271 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.222 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.189 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.158 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.112 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.54 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.8 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc4 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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