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CVE-2026-98359 (GCVE-0-2026-98359)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-06 08:46 – Updated: 2026-10-06 08:46

Title

RDMA/core: Reject unregistering netdevs in ib_get_eth_speed

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Reject unregistering netdevs in ib_get_eth_speed ib_device_get_netdev() intentionally returns a referenced net_device even when it is unregistering, so matching and cleanup callers can still find the association. The reference keeps struct net_device allocated, but does not guarantee that the device remains operational. ib_get_eth_speed() uses the returned device operationally by invoking its ethtool callback. Although that call is made under RTNL, the function does not verify the registration state first. An asynchronous RDMA port query can therefore call into a netdev after NETDEV_UNREGISTER and ndo_uninit have completed. Check for NETREG_REGISTERED while holding RTNL and return -ENODEV for a device which is being unregistered. Keeping RTNL across the check and the ethtool operation prevents unregister from starting between them. Keep the speed fallback and warning under RTNL as well, so the warning can safely read netdev->name. Drop the netdev reference before releasing RTNL once all accesses to the device are complete.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be4b44c8b47c67a04…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45c60ffc79771bad1…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/520cd057f138ed8db…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a219459fbd1b2598e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bd42f74ec3b4f468…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef9fbe1b93f3b617b…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Linux	Linux	Affected: d41861942fc55c14b6280d9568a0d0112037f065 , < be4b44c8b47c67a04c08b1a0aba18006b749ae6a (git) Affected: d41861942fc55c14b6280d9568a0d0112037f065 , < 45c60ffc79771bad154f224a05753191cf1b37bc (git) Affected: d41861942fc55c14b6280d9568a0d0112037f065 , < 520cd057f138ed8dbe8e05f0eae3a8ed4c5d3a5e (git) Affected: d41861942fc55c14b6280d9568a0d0112037f065 , < a219459fbd1b2598e63c81a52847eba6c28b72d2 (git) Affected: d41861942fc55c14b6280d9568a0d0112037f065 , < 5bd42f74ec3b4f4687fb600f367af0828d513b3c (git) Affected: d41861942fc55c14b6280d9568a0d0112037f065 , < ef9fbe1b93f3b617b96e86d5cd76b3fa44514cb5 (git)	guessed
Linux	Linux	Affected: 4.14 Unaffected: 0 , < 4.14 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.189 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.158 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.112 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.54 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.8 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc4 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-98359

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-10-06 09:18 - Updated: 2026-10-06 09:18

Severity

Summary

References

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	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bd42f74ec3b4f4687fb600f367af0828d513b3c
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	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be4b44c8b47c67a04c08b1a0aba18006b749ae6a
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef9fbe1b93f3b617b96e86d5cd76b3fa44514cb5

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-10-06T09:18:29.660",
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
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GHSA-FHCV-JHV5-H3GG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-06 09:31 – Updated: 2026-10-06 09:31

Details

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

RDMA/core: Reject unregistering netdevs in ib_get_eth_speed

ib_device_get_netdev() intentionally returns a referenced net_device even when it is unregistering, so matching and cleanup callers can still find the association. The reference keeps struct net_device allocated, but does not guarantee that the device remains operational.

ib_get_eth_speed() uses the returned device operationally by invoking its ethtool callback. Although that call is made under RTNL, the function does not verify the registration state first. An asynchronous RDMA port query can therefore call into a netdev after NETDEV_UNREGISTER and ndo_uninit have completed.

Check for NETREG_REGISTERED while holding RTNL and return -ENODEV for a device which is being unregistered. Keeping RTNL across the check and the ethtool operation prevents unregister from starting between them.

Keep the speed fallback and warning under RTNL as well, so the warning can safely read netdev->name. Drop the netdev reference before releasing RTNL once all accesses to the device are complete.

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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/core: Reject unregistering netdevs in ib_get_eth_speed\n\nib_device_get_netdev() intentionally returns a referenced net_device even\nwhen it is unregistering, so matching and cleanup callers can still find\nthe association. The reference keeps struct net_device allocated, but does\nnot guarantee that the device remains operational.\n\nib_get_eth_speed() uses the returned device operationally by invoking its\nethtool callback. Although that call is made under RTNL, the function does\nnot verify the registration state first. An asynchronous RDMA port query\ncan therefore call into a netdev after NETDEV_UNREGISTER and ndo_uninit\nhave completed.\n\nCheck for NETREG_REGISTERED while holding RTNL and return -ENODEV for a\ndevice which is being unregistered. Keeping RTNL across the check and the\nethtool operation prevents unregister from starting between them.\n\nKeep the speed fallback and warning under RTNL as well, so the warning can\nsafely read netdev-\u003ename. Drop the netdev reference before releasing RTNL\nonce all accesses to the device are complete.",
  "id": "GHSA-fhcv-jhv5-h3gg",
  "modified": "2026-10-06T09:31:36Z",
  "published": "2026-10-06T09:31:36Z",
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