CVE-2026-98252
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: fix refcount bug in…
- Risk score
- 52/100
- CVSS
- 7.0 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.1%
- Published
- 6 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- 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.…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.0 high
- On your watchlist: linux kernel
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/117871cdb8927542abd7b65ce5995bf0265a8c05
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fbac8a56004b6ce54fbfe845d4b25da6e0b55e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33fb59da49c4c3f5c2ec9f9d4447a56857a02c02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52c13c63bb3662c108244e7447055e30bf40244e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e429a4e9bac3d2138011c5ca06254331f2587f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a91609032d47e77bcb37bc8f6e88d89340d2709
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce8a379598bd4058081416abea4279fd05a95374
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e15eb536be4f646ce683d2867572b2200be877f7
Original 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().
Last activity 6 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.