Status: UPDATED | Advisory ID: CVE-2026-46176
| CVE | CVE-2026-46176 |
| CVSS Score / Version | |
| Updated | 2026-10-16 |
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| Classified as |
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions | Patch Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | ||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | ||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support | ||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | ||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support |
| Subsystems | OT Supporting Infrastructure |
| Sectors | All Sectors |
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/mlx5: Fix error path fall-through in mlx5_ib_dev_res_srq_init()
mlx5_ib_dev_res_srq_init() allocates two SRQs, s0 and s1. When
ib_create_srq() fails for s1, the error branch destroys s0 but falls
through and unconditionally assigns the freed s0 and the ERR_PTR s1 to
devr->s0 and devr->s1.
This leads to several problems: the lock-free fast path checks
"if (devr->s1) return 0;" and treats the ERR_PTR as already initialised;
users in mlx5_ib_create_qp() dereference the freed SRQ or ERR_PTR via
to_msrq(devr->s0)->msrq.srqn; and mlx5_ib_dev_res_cleanup() dereferences
the ERR_PTR and double-frees s0 on teardown.
Fix by adding the same `goto unlock` in the s1 failure path. (NVD)
Monitor Linux's and Red Hat's web pages for any future patch releases.
| Source | Reference |
|---|---|
| NVD | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46176 |
| CVE | https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46176 |