GHSA-7V4M-G362-6XHW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-25 12:31 – Updated: 2026-09-25 12:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/rds: clear cp_flags bits individually in rds_conn_path_reset()
rds_conn_path_reset() wipes the whole flag word with a plain cp->cp_flags = 0 store. Every other accessor of that word uses atomic bitops, and some of them can run concurrently with the reset: RDS_LL_SEND_FULL is set from rds_send_xmit() and cleared from the transport completion paths, neither of which holds anything that excludes the shutdown worker. A plain store racing an atomic read-modify-write on the same word is a data race, and whichever side loses has its update silently discarded.
Clear the two bits the reset is actually responsible for instead. RDS_IN_XMIT and RDS_RECV_REFILL need no store at all here: they belong to the caller, rds_conn_shutdown(), which waits for both to be clear before calling the transport shutdown and this reset.
This also gives every bit in cp_flags a single well-defined writer discipline, which the following patches rely on when they turn RDS_IN_XMIT and RDS_RECV_REFILL into bit locks held across the teardown: a blanket store mid-teardown would destroy lock ownership that an atomic clear preserves.
Oracle UEK carries the same conversion ("net/rds: Preserve essential connection state flags"), motivated by its asynchronous shutdown state machine, whose progress and destroy flags must survive the reset. UEK's variant also clears RDS_IN_XMIT and RDS_RECV_REFILL because there the reset runs as the final step of a teardown that owns both bits, making those clears its unlock. Upstream that release belongs in rds_conn_shutdown(): once a later patch in this series turns the two bits into locks held across the teardown, ending ownership needs release semantics and a wake-up that a plain clear inside the reset would not provide.
Based on Oracle UEK commit "net/rds: Preserve essential connection state flags" by Gerd Rausch.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-98071"
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"github_reviewed": false,
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-25T11:17:36Z",
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/rds: clear cp_flags bits individually in rds_conn_path_reset()\n\nrds_conn_path_reset() wipes the whole flag word with a plain\ncp-\u003ecp_flags = 0 store. Every other accessor of that word uses\natomic bitops, and some of them can run concurrently with the reset:\nRDS_LL_SEND_FULL is set from rds_send_xmit() and cleared from the\ntransport completion paths, neither of which holds anything that\nexcludes the shutdown worker. A plain store racing an atomic\nread-modify-write on the same word is a data race, and whichever\nside loses has its update silently discarded.\n\nClear the two bits the reset is actually responsible for instead.\nRDS_IN_XMIT and RDS_RECV_REFILL need no store at all here: they\nbelong to the caller, rds_conn_shutdown(), which waits for both to be\nclear before calling the transport shutdown and this reset.\n\nThis also gives every bit in cp_flags a single well-defined writer\ndiscipline, which the following patches rely on when they turn\nRDS_IN_XMIT and RDS_RECV_REFILL into bit locks held across the\nteardown: a blanket store mid-teardown would destroy lock ownership\nthat an atomic clear preserves.\n\nOracle UEK carries the same conversion (\"net/rds: Preserve essential\nconnection state flags\"), motivated by its asynchronous shutdown\nstate machine, whose progress and destroy flags must survive the\nreset. UEK\u0027s variant also clears RDS_IN_XMIT and RDS_RECV_REFILL\nbecause there the reset runs as the final step of a teardown that\nowns both bits, making those clears its unlock. Upstream that\nrelease belongs in rds_conn_shutdown(): once a later patch in this\nseries turns the two bits into locks held across the teardown, ending\nownership needs release semantics and a wake-up that a plain clear\ninside the reset would not provide.\n\nBased on Oracle UEK commit \"net/rds: Preserve essential connection\nstate flags\" by Gerd Rausch.",
"id": "GHSA-7v4m-g362-6xhw",
"modified": "2026-09-25T12:31:35Z",
"published": "2026-09-25T12:31:35Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98071"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/103c4b13c4f50322910078d1c02f29334a574122"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b8d7563c28b8112e6e54abe413b028ef3f8c549"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb62aa8f04655a4df487913949719c0a1266ed73"
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