CVE-2026-98560

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/rds: size a connection's path set by the transport it ends up with __rds_conn_create() computes npaths from the caller's transport before it decides whether a connection to one of the host's own addresses is to be handled by the loopback transport instead. That substitution is what an RDS/TCP socket sending to a local address gets, and after it the path init loop still runs for the TCP transport's RDS_MPATH_WORKERS paths and allocates an ordered workqueue for each, while rds_loop_conn_alloc() only ever provides transport data for path 0. rds_conn_destroy() sizes its teardown from c_trans, by then the loopback transport, so it visits path 0 only - and rds_conn_path_destroy() would skip the other paths anyway, since it returns before destroy_workqueue() for a path without transport data. kfree(c_path) then drops the last pointers to seven workqueues. That repeats for every such connection, on every netns teardown or module unload, and every distinct local destination address is a separate connection. Recompute npaths once the transport is final, so that creation and destruction agree on the set of paths. The c_path array stays sized for the caller's transport; the unused entries are freed with it.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-18 16:17:08.143000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:19:12.577000

View original CVE JSON

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-98560",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-18T16:17:08.143",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:19:12.577",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/rds: size a connection's path set by the transport it ends up with\n\n__rds_conn_create() computes npaths from the caller's transport before\nit decides whether a connection to one of the host's own addresses is\nto be handled by the loopback transport instead.  That substitution is\nwhat an RDS/TCP socket sending to a local address gets, and after it\nthe path init loop still runs for the TCP transport's RDS_MPATH_WORKERS\npaths and allocates an ordered workqueue for each, while\nrds_loop_conn_alloc() only ever provides transport data for path 0.\n\nrds_conn_destroy() sizes its teardown from c_trans, by then the\nloopback transport, so it visits path 0 only - and\nrds_conn_path_destroy() would skip the other paths anyway, since it\nreturns before destroy_workqueue() for a path without transport data.\nkfree(c_path) then drops the last pointers to seven workqueues.  That\nrepeats for every such connection, on every netns teardown or module\nunload, and every distinct local destination address is a separate\nconnection.\n\nRecompute npaths once the transport is final, so that creation and\ndestruction agree on the set of paths.  The c_path array stays sized\nfor the caller's transport; the unused entries are freed with it."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
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          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "net/rds/connection.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
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              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
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              "version": "0",
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            },
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              "version": "7.3",
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              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
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  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/670f303169d2d36f315c40f6d3d18b5ee8498fea",
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}