CVE-2026-90309 (GCVE-0-2026-90309)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 16:08 – Updated: 2026-09-18 17:54
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Title
RDMA/erdma: Hold CQ references when processing EQ events
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/erdma: Hold CQ references when processing EQ events EQ handlers look up CQs from dev->cq_xa and invoke CQ completion or error callbacks outside the xarray lock. erdma_destroy_cq() can erase the CQ from the xarray and free its queue buffer and doorbell record while a previously scheduled EQ handler is still using the CQ. Add a CQ refcount and take a reference under the xarray lock with refcount_inc_not_zero(). Remove the CQ from the xarray before dropping the destroy-path reference, then wait for in-flight EQ users before releasing CQ resources.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 155055771704f8cbb5c176a4309b7dc30a50450c , < 610ef81797bb4f709e8675c1d8d093bb9ccdcbd8 (git)
Affected: 155055771704f8cbb5c176a4309b7dc30a50450c , < c0a83f29a24c7e7f8516630848ef6db4c174deed (git)
Affected: 155055771704f8cbb5c176a4309b7dc30a50450c , < 05b8ca493dd02319bca93c640b259c2ba51ef321 (git)
Affected: 155055771704f8cbb5c176a4309b7dc30a50450c , < 1fc9c1933959d2776a1ce7bf424251b8b5b586cd (git)
Affected: 155055771704f8cbb5c176a4309b7dc30a50450c , < 4545f355654d044d35a31cd01cc46f491a8a7c36 (git)
Affected: 155055771704f8cbb5c176a4309b7dc30a50450c , < 98df2aee1459ee1c62c70cbe9b370d2a532aea36 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.0
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.188 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.157 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.110 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.52 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.6 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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