CVE-2026-98217

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/mlx4: Fix use-after-free on pkey sysfs registration failure register_pkey_tree() ignores errors from register_one_pkey_tree() and continues registering the remaining slaves. The per-slave error path has already released the pkey parent kobjects, but their pointers remain stored in the device. A later device cleanup therefore passes the stale pointers to kobject_put(), causing a use-after-free. Clear the parent pointers after releasing a failed slave tree and skip unregistered trees during device cleanup. This preserves the existing best-effort registration behavior while preventing a second cleanup of the failed tree.

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 7% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2026-10-06

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c3482e965b18bc242e54e899d1c4d391ca8e5e3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1af874e9f4ce22ccf8b10ab5462f32c70d3be21a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/734f066933484f6c7cedea0312763249beed5845
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/791471421d848ce13e84f4b21c9e19973d471c4e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a07bee32127d7c4cd3b1bb9a088e21d0c93634c9

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