CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-53188

8.8 HIGH Published 2026-06-25 Modified 2026-10-19 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2026-06-25
Last modified
2026-10-19
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-285

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Validate the passed in fops for ib_get_ucaps() Sashiko pointed out it is not safe to rely only on the devt because char/block alias so if the user finds a block device with the same dev_t it can masquerade as a ucap cdev fd. Test the f_ops to only accept authentic cdevs.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 6.15 < 6.18.36) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.0.13) • linux linux kernel 7.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization weakness

References