{"id":"CVE-2026-98252","revision":"3faa7023ab284ece87194d4ac75127d6","records":[{"revision":"3faa7023ab284ece87194d4ac75127d6","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-98252","aliases":[],"title":"RDMA/core: fix refcount bug in iwpm_get_nlmsg_request()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/core: fix refcount bug in iwpm_get_nlmsg_request()\n\niwpm_get_nlmsg_request() initializes refcount _after_ list_add_tail()\nmaking it accessible to global list where another CPU can kref_get()\non nlmsg_request causing a refcount \"addition on 0\" bug. Fix this\nby initializing kref _before_ list_add_tail() so refcount for\nnlmsg_request can be incremented/decremented normally. In addition,\nalso initialize every field before list_add_tail().","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-10-06T08:45:19.393+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-19T09:16:23.591+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"52c13c63bb3662c108244e7447055e30bf40244e\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": 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