Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90218
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU151260
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 0 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90218
CWE-ID: CWE-703
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to trigger a kernel warning.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of an error condition in the RDMA connection manager addr_handler() function when asynchronous address resolution fails to acquire an RDMA device. A local user can initiate asynchronous address resolution for which RDMA device acquisition fails to trigger a kernel warning.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-90218
Install security update from vendor's repository.
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d7e55ea64dd15769318ba2e0fe0956db82ba3c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a63cb9ea862ac7d947952b497eef6520853538c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39e83bb77fc92344cd62a373b311f096d812e548
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/544e40805dbb6cfe64916bd4c8b238fec585ac2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64a2bd4cfc16c24f0a0e6321a2fd00ffde3e0a5b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c80273d663959504957606b9a24fe901ee2a4a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6d1ec4fbe56492bb88987d577f04a5fb6955f26
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f72957e0b31f2962f4c1089a9223f1206aa26983