RDMA/cxgb4: Free debugfs on registration failure
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/cxgb4: Free debugfs on registration failure c4iw_alloc() creates the per-device debugfs tree (dev->debugfs_root via setup_debugfs()), but it is removed only in c4iw_remove(), not in c4iw_dealloc(). When RDMA device registration fails, the registration worker's err_dealloc_ctx path calls c4iw_dealloc() directly, bypassing c4iw_remove(), so the debugfs dentries leak and outlive the freed c4iw_dev. Move debugfs_remove_recursive() into c4iw_dealloc() so every path that frees ctx->dev also removes its debugfs tree.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.20, 5.5, 5.8
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90219
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q35c-r5m8-jm6q
- 2026-10-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/459b59f7ed56511d6529311cb4e5e482ebfcfb8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd60992f09b7e83bfd3c76e3bb06b29f3e2fa0a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c332d9e7dce234d8bef78271d003a68ee943b61b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f98e894ec029a752cf9c7f7834741bead0fb463d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/479a7f90060e62bdd9bb4036ec0a70bf460f6d23
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/046425412529dbfca1433c8bef5641b271b4ab2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea41b5630fa3d9877ce9ed8832cf5575f742bfbb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe5c16bb6252dea6025b748257ddc3b2665495b0
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Sources
- CVE-2026-90219 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90219 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q35c-r5m8-jm6q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90219 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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