GHSA-5XGH-RMHF-2QQ8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-15 06:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xprtrdma: Initialize re_id before removal registration
rpcrdma_create_id() registers ep->re_rn with the rpcrdma ib_client before returning the new rdma_cm_id to rpcrdma_ep_create(). However rpcrdma_ep_create() currently stores that pointer in ep->re_id only after rpcrdma_create_id() returns.
A local administrator can race an NFS/RDMA mount against RDMA device removal. If rpcrdma_remove_one() observes the just-registered notification before rpcrdma_ep_create() assigns ep->re_id, rpcrdma_ep_removal_done() calls trace_xprtrdma_device_removal(NULL). The tracepoint dereferences id->device->name and copies id->route.addr.dst_addr, so the callback can crash the kernel with a NULL pointer dereference.
Store the rdma_cm_id in ep->re_id immediately before publishing ep->re_rn. The existing error path still destroys the id directly if registration fails; ep is then freed by the caller without using ep->re_id. Remove the later duplicate assignment in rpcrdma_ep_create().
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-72468"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-15T06:22:20Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxprtrdma: Initialize re_id before removal registration\n\nrpcrdma_create_id() registers ep-\u003ere_rn with the rpcrdma ib_client\nbefore returning the new rdma_cm_id to rpcrdma_ep_create(). However\nrpcrdma_ep_create() currently stores that pointer in ep-\u003ere_id only\nafter rpcrdma_create_id() returns.\n\nA local administrator can race an NFS/RDMA mount against RDMA device\nremoval. If rpcrdma_remove_one() observes the just-registered\nnotification before rpcrdma_ep_create() assigns ep-\u003ere_id,\nrpcrdma_ep_removal_done() calls trace_xprtrdma_device_removal(NULL).\nThe tracepoint dereferences id-\u003edevice-\u003ename and copies\nid-\u003eroute.addr.dst_addr, so the callback can crash the kernel with a\nNULL pointer dereference.\n\nStore the rdma_cm_id in ep-\u003ere_id immediately before publishing\nep-\u003ere_rn. The existing error path still destroys the id directly if\nregistration fails; ep is then freed by the caller without using\nep-\u003ere_id. Remove the later duplicate assignment in rpcrdma_ep_create().",
"id": "GHSA-5xgh-rmhf-2qq8",
"modified": "2026-08-15T06:32:25Z",
"published": "2026-08-15T06:32:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72468"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/264ccd7871915749bee55fe0c39467a7f08d5479"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28743571c17b58c21a7216fc9faaf8028df5869b"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51248d877bbc6e604e38aeaf776c2781cb4f0dbd"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb7caa63e1db22fd03e8dc591b12169e99169dff"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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