CVE-2025-71157
RDMA/core: always drop device refcount in ib_del_sub_device_and_put()
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: always drop device refcount in ib_del_sub_device_and_put() Since nldev_deldev() (introduced by commit 060c642b2ab8 ("RDMA/nldev: Add support to add/delete a sub IB device through netlink") grabs a reference using ib_device_get_by_index() before calling ib_del_sub_device_and_put(), we need to drop that reference before returning -EOPNOTSUPP error.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 23, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 23, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Solution
- Ensure device reference count is dropped correctly.
- Apply kernel patches addressing RDMA/core reference counting.
- Update the Linux kernel to a fixed version.
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New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jan. 23, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: always drop device refcount in ib_del_sub_device_and_put() Since nldev_deldev() (introduced by commit 060c642b2ab8 ("RDMA/nldev: Add support to add/delete a sub IB device through netlink") grabs a reference using ib_device_get_by_index() before calling ib_del_sub_device_and_put(), we need to drop that reference before returning -EOPNOTSUPP error. Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20436f2742a92b7afeb2504eb559a98d2196b001 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa3c411d21ebc26ffd175c7256c37cefa35020aa Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe8d456080423b9ed410469fbd1e2098d3acce2b