RDMA/siw: Fix use-after-free in siw_accept()
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/siw: Fix use-after-free in siw_accept() siw_accept() looks up the QP supplied by userspace. If that QP is already in RTS, the function jumps to error cleanup before associating the incoming CEP with it. The cleanup tests whether qp->cep is non-NULL and assumes the current call installed the association. However, qp->cep can point to the CEP of an existing connection. The cleanup then drops a reference from the incoming cep, not qp->cep. Once the incoming endpoint loses its remaining references, this can free it before the subsequent cep->qp store, causing a use-after-free. It also clears the existing QP association. Only release the association reference when qp->cep is the incoming CEP. This preserves an existing association and avoids accessing the freed endpoint.
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 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 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90292
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8qxc-hwhr-6xrv
- 2026-10-15 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-15 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d57db36e74cca4763e1c2c0c6eb9f84d19813879
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59de5502f32895ffe9c45530327ed997b90fdf06
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a89d120615e711ce8fce551fd291c2f387666735
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9e7d3d9fdb2bfcfb25d93529fdf766536b37c78
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f286a8094ee32c415f9ecd2c20765beb8a18c79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de603f01d9ccf823e575b013ffd86ebedca9a8c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/561651d6a15588cee2040755f253faca2463415c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9394971825933074032794a5feee5211509c774
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Sources
- CVE-2026-90292 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90292 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8qxc-hwhr-6xrv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90292 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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