Skip to content
CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.0 High

CVE-2026-98252

RDMA/core: fix refcount bug in iwpm_get_nlmsg_request()

Description

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().

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 to < 52c13c63bb3662c108244e7447055e30bf40244eaffected
  • 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 to < 8a91609032d47e77bcb37bc8f6e88d89340d2709affected
  • 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 to < ce8a379598bd4058081416abea4279fd05a95374affected
  • 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 to < 2fbac8a56004b6ce54fbfe845d4b25da6e0b55e8affected
  • 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 to < 88e429a4e9bac3d2138011c5ca06254331f2587faffected
  • 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 to < e15eb536be4f646ce683d2867572b2200be877f7affected
  • 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 to < 117871cdb8927542abd7b65ce5995bf0265a8c05affected
  • 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44 to < 33fb59da49c4c3f5c2ec9f9d4447a56857a02c02affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 3.16affected
  • 0 to < 3.16unaffected
  • 5.10.271 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.222 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.189 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.158 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.112 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.54 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.8 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

References