{"cve":"CVE-2026-45852","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-27T14:16:57.193","modified":"2026-10-19T20:18:19.453","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/rxe: Fix double free in rxe_srq_from_init\n\nIn rxe_srq_from_init(), the queue pointer 'q' is assigned to\n'srq->rq.queue' before copying the SRQ number to user space.\nIf copy_to_user() fails, the function calls rxe_queue_cleanup()\nto free the queue, but leaves the now-invalid pointer in\n'srq->rq.queue'.\n\nThe caller of rxe_srq_from_init() (rxe_create_srq) eventually\ncalls rxe_srq_cleanup() upon receiving the error, which triggers\na second rxe_queue_cleanup() on the same memory, leading to a\ndouble free.\n\nThe call trace looks like this:\n   kmem_cache_free+0x.../0x...\n   rxe_queue_cleanup+0x1a/0x30 [rdma_rxe]\n   rxe_srq_cleanup+0x42/0x60 [rdma_rxe]\n   rxe_elem_release+0x31/0x70 [rdma_rxe]\n   rxe_create_srq+0x12b/0x1a0 [rdma_rxe]\n   ib_create_srq_user+0x9a/0x150 [ib_core]\n\nFix this by moving 'srq->rq.queue = q' after copy_to_user.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-415","CWE-1341"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0beefd0e15d962f497aad750b2d5e9c3570b66d1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26793db60925df1e88a29466813d586cbc190b8c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26a9cfe12f4ffdeaa136f252478986fa5f397ddc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c07aef09a121a4cd622a71eb0753a9e135c84a8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9abff51163aa1bc275ec356f74fe976291860a7f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-45852","score":0.00199,"percentile":0.09626,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}