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Linux Kernel svcrdma CVE-2026-89535

| EUVDEUVD-2026-76441 HIGH
2026-09-11 Linux GHSA-xqw2-jp99-qfhh
8.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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8.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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7.0 HIGH

Race requires local/physical RDMA device removal (AV:L) and kernel-level concurrent teardown (AC:H); PR:L reflects operator-level access needed to trigger device unregistration.

3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Linux).

CVSS VectorVendor: Linux

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

6
Metadata Corrected
Sep 13, 2026 - 08:40 vuln.today
tag: Information Disclosure removed
Analysis Generated
Sep 13, 2026 - 08:32 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Sep 13, 2026 - 07:22 NVD
8.1 (HIGH)
Patch available
Sep 11, 2026 - 21:18 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 11, 2026 - 19:44 cve.org
HIGH 8.1
CVE Published
Sep 11, 2026 - 19:44 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

svcrdma: Reorder rpcrdma_rn_unregister before rdma_destroy_id

svc_rdma_free() caches rdma->sc_cm_id->device before teardown, then calls rdma_destroy_id(sc_cm_id) which frees the cm_id. rpcrdma_rn_unregister() follows, but between those two calls the transport's sc_rn entry is still installed in the device's rd_xa. A concurrent ib_unregister_device walk can dispatch svc_rdma_xprt_done() against the now-freed sc_cm_id.

Move rpcrdma_rn_unregister() before rdma_destroy_id() so the transport's notification entry is removed from the xarray before the cm_id it references is destroyed.

Also guard the sc_cm_id dereference with a NULL check: the following patches introduce paths that reach svc_rdma_free() with sc_cm_id == NULL (listener create failure, ADDR_CHANGE replacement failure).

AnalysisAI

Use-after-free in the Linux kernel's svcrdma (NFS-over-RDMA server transport) arises from incorrect teardown ordering in svc_rdma_free(): rdma_destroy_id() frees sc_cm_id while the transport's sc_rn notification entry remains registered in the device's rd_xa xarray, leaving a dangling reference that a concurrent ib_unregister_device walk can dereference via svc_rdma_xprt_done(). Exploitation requires an NFS-over-RDMA server configuration with RDMA hardware and a race between transport teardown and device unregistration. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires: (1) the target system must be configured as an NFS-over-RDMA server with the svcrdma kernel module loaded and active RDMA hardware (InfiniBand, RoCE, or iWARP NIC) present; (2) a concurrent race between svc_rdma_free() (transport teardown, e.g., server shutdown, connection drop) and ib_unregister_device() (RDMA device removal or driver unload) must occur within a very tight kernel execution window; (3) the kernel must be running an affected version introduced at commit c4de97f7c454 and not yet patched. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The input CVSS of 8.1 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) significantly overstates network reachability and privilege requirements. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Vendor-released patches are available. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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