Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53355

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU136689

Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53355

Published: July 2, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU136689
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53355
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in the rds ib connection teardown path when unwinding a failed queue pair setup. A local user can trigger a setup failure after allocating the send ring to cause a denial of service.

The issue occurs when rds_ib_setup_qp() fails after allocating i_sends but before allocating i_recvs, leaving a stale pointer that may be treated as a live allocation during a later shutdown pass.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Public Cloud Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
Ubuntu
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_18-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default-debuginfo
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-syms
kernel-docs
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
ocfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-obs-build
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-azure
cluster-md-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-default
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-extra
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-default-base
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-53355

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_18-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_19-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.194.113, 5.15.0-194.204+fips1
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.194.159, 5.15.0-194.204, 5.15.0-194.204~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1079.82, 5.15.0-1079.83, 5.15.0.1099.98, 5.15.0-1099.107, 5.15.0.1108.104, 5.15.0-1108.110, 5.15.0.1108.112, 5.15.0-1108.113, 5.15.0.1110.107, 5.15.0-1110.114, 5.15.0.1111.110, 5.15.0-1111.117, 5.15.0.1112.111, 5.15.0-1112.118, 5.15.0.1113.109, 5.15.0-1113.119, 5.15.0.1115.119, 5.15.0-1115.124, 5.15.0.1116.106, 5.15.0.1116.112, 5.15.0.1116.119, 5.15.0-1116.123, 5.15.0-1116.123+fips1, 5.15.0-1116.126+fips1, 5.15.0.1117.114, 5.15.0-1117.127, 5.15.0-1121.130, 5.15.0.1122.106, 5.15.0.1122.120, 5.15.0-1122.131, 5.15.0-1122.131+fips1, 6.8.0-1065.68, 6.8.0-1065.68~22.04.1
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.194.171, 5.15.0-194.204, 5.15.0.1111.111, 5.15.0-1111.112, 6.8.0-142.142+fips1, 6.8.0-142.142.1, 6.8.0-142.142.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1050.54, 6.8.0-1062.65~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1, 6.8.0-1065.66, 6.8.0-1065.69, 6.8.0-1066.73, 6.8.0-1066.73~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1068.76, 6.8.0-1068.76+fips1, 6.8.0-1068.76~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1069.77, 6.8.0-1069.77~22.04.1, 6.8.0-2054.56, 6.8.1-1060.61, 6.8.1-1060.61~22.04.1, 7.0.0-31.31, 7.0.0-31.31.1, 7.0.0-31.31~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1006.7, 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1012.12, 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1057.57, 5.15.0.1057.59, 5.15.0.1068.68, 5.15.0-1068.70, 6.8.0-1035.38
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1068.70~20.04.1
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1110.114~20.04.1
linux-aws-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1111.117~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1116.123~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1121.130~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1122.131~20.04.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2.150700.17.41.4
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1063.66, 6.8.0-1063.66.1, 6.8.0-1063.66~22.04.1, 7.0.0-1018.18
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1065.68+fips1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1011.11, 7.0.0-1014.14
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18~24.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1019.19
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2018.18

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