Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-92488
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU151038
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-92488
CWE-ID: CWE-772
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 cleanup in the ERDMA RDMA object destruction functions when a destroy command fails. A local user can destroy an RDMA object after a command failure to cause a denial of service.
A command timeout permanently disables the command queue, preventing retries.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-92488
Install security update from vendor's repository.