CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-97477
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-09-24
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/counter: Fix num_counters leak on bind_qp failure in alloc_and_bind()
When __rdma_counter_bind_qp() fails in alloc_and_bind(), the error path
jumps to err_mode which frees the counter without decrementing
port_counter->num_counters. The only place that decrements is
rdma_counter_free(), which is unreachable since the counter was never
successfully bound.
This leak accumulates across repeated failures, permanently preventing
the port from switching to AUTO mode (-EBUSY in __counter_set_mode())
and blocking the MANUAL→NONE auto-revert in rdma_counter_free(). When
the mode was NONE before the call, the MANUAL mode set by
__counter_set_mode() also leaks since the revert logic is never
reached.
Add an err_bind label between the num_counters increment and the
existing err_mode label. It decrements num_counters and mirrors the
MANUAL→NONE revert from rdma_counter_free(), ensuring the port state
is fully restored on bind failure.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bcdeddddffadff9993657f6b0e5535d66ebd10f git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fbc8230009f5b1bcd13cc74c5a6a43ddba141fd git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c9fee40fc8d8d928f44e99bc6e6adf93f9f2c2a git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da95cb016812c0e012ea839f191926e35ca8f57f git.kernel.org