Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-80625
Published: August 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU146256
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-2026-80625
CWE-ID: CWE-664
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 improper resource shutdown order in bonding resource management in the RDMA/hns driver when concurrent driver removal and driver reset occur. A local user can trigger this race condition to cause a denial of service.
The issue may also result in a memory leak due to a leaked notifier callback.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-80625
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3