{"cve":"CVE-2026-98252","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-06T09:18:13.723","modified":"2026-10-19T10:18:26.110","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/core: fix refcount bug in iwpm_get_nlmsg_request()\n\niwpm_get_nlmsg_request() initializes refcount _after_ list_add_tail()\nmaking it accessible to global list where another CPU can kref_get()\non nlmsg_request causing a refcount \"addition on 0\" bug. Fix this\nby initializing kref _before_ list_add_tail() so refcount for\nnlmsg_request can be incremented/decremented normally. In addition,\nalso initialize every field before list_add_tail().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.0},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/117871cdb8927542abd7b65ce5995bf0265a8c05","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fbac8a56004b6ce54fbfe845d4b25da6e0b55e8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33fb59da49c4c3f5c2ec9f9d4447a56857a02c02","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52c13c63bb3662c108244e7447055e30bf40244e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e429a4e9bac3d2138011c5ca06254331f2587f"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:57:46.668721662+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98252","score":0.00122,"percentile":0.01933,"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."]}