{"cve":"CVE-2026-72469","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:22:20.997","modified":"2026-10-21T13:19:38.600","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxprtrdma: Fix ep kref imbalance on ADDR_CHANGE\n\nrpcrdma_cm_event_handler() falls through to the disconnected: label\non RDMA_CM_EVENT_ADDR_CHANGE and calls rpcrdma_ep_put() with no\nmatching get when the event arrives before RDMA_CM_EVENT_ESTABLISHED.\nThe kref then underflows during connect teardown and\nrpcrdma_xprt_disconnect() operates on a freed ep.\n\nReference counts across a normal connection lifecycle:\n\n    rpcrdma_ep_create()             kref_init     ->1\n    rpcrdma_xprt_connect()          ep_get        ->2  (before post_recvs)\n    RDMA_CM_EVENT_ESTABLISHED       ep_get        ->3\n    RDMA_CM_EVENT_DISCONNECTED      ep_put        ->2\n    rpcrdma_xprt_drain()            ep_put        ->1\n    rpcrdma_xprt_disconnect() tail  ep_put        ->0  (ep_destroy)\n\nThe connect-time get in rpcrdma_xprt_connect(), taken just before\nrpcrdma_post_recvs() \"while there are outstanding Receives,\" is\nbalanced by rpcrdma_xprt_drain. ADDR_CHANGE before ESTABLISHED has\nno get to consume, so its put drops the count to 1 and the drain\nput then frees the ep while rpcrdma_xprt_disconnect() still holds a\npointer to it.\n\nFix by dispatching on the prior re_connect_status via xchg(): for\nprev == 0 (pre-ESTABLISHED) wake the connect waiter and return with\nno put; for prev == 1 call rpcrdma_force_disconnect() and return.\nThe case-1 arm relies on the subsequent RDMA_CM_EVENT_DISCONNECTED\nevent -- reliably delivered when rdma_disconnect() is called on a\nstill-connected cm_id -- to balance the ESTABLISHED get;\nrpcrdma_xprt_drain() continues to balance only that connect-time\nget. Any other prior value means teardown is already in flight.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a562485c359d0b20a99d466b042af9c2f7ff3326","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af9b65b29af341932625c4283dc7a23cdb62688a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfd1bab66b042da7a778786685125656c695931b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0479c2b12974aa188b10d221a5770126b118b6d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffc07790539736a5d029f6a3c966b46c529f93a8"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72469","score":0.00398,"percentile":0.33787,"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."]}