In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
svcrdma: Fix unmatched rn_unregister on failed accept
When svc_rdma_accept() takes the errout path before
rpcrdma_rn_register() has succeeded, the existing cleanup block
calls rpcrdma_rn_unregister(dev, &newxprt->sc_rn) unconditionally.
svcxprt_rdma is kzalloc'd, so on that path sc_rn.rn_index is 0 and
sc_rn.rn_done is NULL; the unregister therefore xa_erase()s another
caller's slot 0 and performs an unmatched kref_put() on the
rpcrdma_device's rd_kref.
The same errout also brackets the cleanup with svc_xprt_get()/
svc_xprt_put() around the kref_init() birth reference. The kref
goes 1 -> 2 -> 1 and never reaches 0, so the svcxprt_rdma (and the
net/ns_tracker it pinned) is leaked on every failed accept.
rpcrdma_rn_register() writes rn->rn_done last, only after xa_alloc()
and kref_get() have both succeeded, so rn_done == NULL is a natural
"never registered" sentinel. Guard rpcrdma_rn_unregister() with an
early return when rn_done is NULL, and clear rn_done before the
matching xa_erase() so a repeated unregister is also a no-op.
With that guard in place, the accept errout drops the kref_init()
birth reference via svc_xprt_put(), which dispatches svc_rdma_free().
Teardown of sc_qp, sc_sq_cq, sc_rq_cq, and sc_pd runs under existing
IS_ERR/NULL guards in svc_rdma_free(); sc_rn is covered by the new
rn_done sentinel; sc_cm_id is non-NULL on every errout path because
svc_rdma_accept() dereferences it above the first goto errout.
svc_xprt_free() drops the module reference associated with the freed
transport, and svc_handle_xprt() drops its pre-acquired reference
when ->xpo_accept() returns NULL. Take a replacement module reference
before svc_xprt_put() so the two module_put()s remain balanced.
The rn_done guard also covers svc_rdma_free()'s non-listener call
to rpcrdma_rn_unregister() for transports whose register attempt
failed or never ran.
svcrdma: Fix unmatched rn_unregister on failed accept
When svc_rdma_accept() takes the errout path before
rpcrdma_rn_register() has succeeded, the existing cleanup block
calls rpcrdma_rn_unregister(dev, &newxprt->sc_rn) unconditionally.
svcxprt_rdma is kzalloc'd, so on that path sc_rn.rn_index is 0 and
sc_rn.rn_done is NULL; the unregister therefore xa_erase()s another
caller's slot 0 and performs an unmatched kref_put() on the
rpcrdma_device's rd_kref.
The same errout also brackets the cleanup with svc_xprt_get()/
svc_xprt_put() around the kref_init() birth reference. The kref
goes 1 -> 2 -> 1 and never reaches 0, so the svcxprt_rdma (and the
net/ns_tracker it pinned) is leaked on every failed accept.
rpcrdma_rn_register() writes rn->rn_done last, only after xa_alloc()
and kref_get() have both succeeded, so rn_done == NULL is a natural
"never registered" sentinel. Guard rpcrdma_rn_unregister() with an
early return when rn_done is NULL, and clear rn_done before the
matching xa_erase() so a repeated unregister is also a no-op.
With that guard in place, the accept errout drops the kref_init()
birth reference via svc_xprt_put(), which dispatches svc_rdma_free().
Teardown of sc_qp, sc_sq_cq, sc_rq_cq, and sc_pd runs under existing
IS_ERR/NULL guards in svc_rdma_free(); sc_rn is covered by the new
rn_done sentinel; sc_cm_id is non-NULL on every errout path because
svc_rdma_accept() dereferences it above the first goto errout.
svc_xprt_free() drops the module reference associated with the freed
transport, and svc_handle_xprt() drops its pre-acquired reference
when ->xpo_accept() returns NULL. Take a replacement module reference
before svc_xprt_put() so the two module_put()s remain balanced.
The rn_done guard also covers svc_rdma_free()'s non-listener call
to rpcrdma_rn_unregister() for transports whose register attempt
failed or never ran.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: svcrdma: Fix unmatched rn_unregister on failed accept When svc_rdma_accept() takes the errout path before rpcrdma_rn_register() has succeeded, the existing cleanup block calls rpcrdma_rn_unregister(dev, &newxprt->sc_rn) unconditionally. svcxprt_rdma is kzalloc'd, so on that path sc_rn.rn_index is 0 and sc_rn.rn_done is NULL; the unregister therefore xa_erase()s another caller's slot 0 and performs an unmatched kref_put() on the rpcrdma_device's rd_kref. The same errout also brackets the cleanup with svc_xprt_get()/ svc_xprt_put() around the kref_init() birth reference. The kref goes 1 -> 2 -> 1 and never reaches 0, so the svcxprt_rdma (and the net/ns_tracker it pinned) is leaked on every failed accept. rpcrdma_rn_register() writes rn->rn_done last, only after xa_alloc() and kref_get() have both succeeded, so rn_done == NULL is a natural "never registered" sentinel. Guard rpcrdma_rn_unregister() with an early return when rn_done is NULL, and clear rn_done before the matching xa_erase() so a repeated unregister is also a no-op. With that guard in place, the accept errout drops the kref_init() birth reference via svc_xprt_put(), which dispatches svc_rdma_free(). Teardown of sc_qp, sc_sq_cq, sc_rq_cq, and sc_pd runs under existing IS_ERR/NULL guards in svc_rdma_free(); sc_rn is covered by the new rn_done sentinel; sc_cm_id is non-NULL on every errout path because svc_rdma_accept() dereferences it above the first goto errout. svc_xprt_free() drops the module reference associated with the freed transport, and svc_handle_xprt() drops its pre-acquired reference when ->xpo_accept() returns NULL. Take a replacement module reference before svc_xprt_put() so the two module_put()s remain balanced. The rn_done guard also covers svc_rdma_free()'s non-listener call to rpcrdma_rn_unregister() for transports whose register attempt failed or never ran. | |
| Title | svcrdma: Fix unmatched rn_unregister on failed accept | |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-24T15:21:10.542Z
Reserved: 2026-09-17T16:02:15.094Z
Link: CVE-2026-93224
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-24T16:17:17.720
Modified: 2026-09-24T16:17:17.720
Link: CVE-2026-93224
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