GHSA-X75H-3PJW-VH4Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-15 06:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/mlx5: Fix devx subscribe-event unwind NULL dereference
MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT() links event_sub into sub_list before initializing the fields used by the shared error path.
If eventfd_ctx_fdget() then fails, the unwind path dereferences event_sub->ev_file in uverbs_uobject_put() and calls subscribe_event_xa_dealloc() with an unset xa_key_level1.
subscribe_event_xa_alloc() creates the XA entry exactly once for a given key_level1, on the first occurrence of that key. The unwind path must therefore call subscribe_event_xa_dealloc() exactly once for it as well.
Enforce that by adding devx_key_in_sub_list() and calling subscribe_event_xa_dealloc() only when the last matching pending entry is being cleaned up.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-74395"
],
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"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-15T06:22:41Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/mlx5: Fix devx subscribe-event unwind NULL dereference\n\nMLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT() links event_sub into sub_list\nbefore initializing the fields used by the shared error path.\n\nIf eventfd_ctx_fdget() then fails, the unwind path dereferences\nevent_sub-\u003eev_file in uverbs_uobject_put() and calls\nsubscribe_event_xa_dealloc() with an unset xa_key_level1.\n\nsubscribe_event_xa_alloc() creates the XA entry exactly once for a given\nkey_level1, on the first occurrence of that key. The unwind path must\ntherefore call subscribe_event_xa_dealloc() exactly once for it as well.\n\nEnforce that by adding devx_key_in_sub_list() and calling\nsubscribe_event_xa_dealloc() only when the last matching pending entry is\nbeing cleaned up.",
"id": "GHSA-x75h-3pjw-vh4q",
"modified": "2026-08-15T06:32:32Z",
"published": "2026-08-15T06:32:32Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74395"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1025dc2f7ba29b04b8687790fa91f9cd1a53141e"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43f8f7946814c8e5f464518246fdbc69b6e32326"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5100febf8e9d6c8c5ba8dc6534c6a5e3376e5989"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e15b770461eeaa0ff73934922cb670a6a9db04e"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78b9589fda266c71f0f9d0c858d4fa7381a890a5"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7921821fc2b19c01588311f6e7468ae5b68b1f61"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f345e744b6b087188cde2377da5cbe9713b61353"
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