CVE-2026-97477

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97477
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-97477.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-97477
Downstream
AZL (1)
BELL (1)
DEBIAN (1)
openSUSE (1)
SUSE (10)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
Published
2026-09-24T16:04:19Z
Modified
2026-11-01T02:36:07Z
Summary
RDMA/counter: Fix num_counters leak on bind_qp failure in alloc_and_bind()
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97477.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
8bc205eff3056a9ed3850937cdd2192f05e6d3cb
Fixed
4517686789b404827591c52f79e9a57822371ca0
Fixed
7c9fee40fc8d8d928f44e99bc6e6adf93f9f2c2a
Fixed
1bcdeddddffadff9993657f6b0e5535d66ebd10f
Fixed
da95cb016812c0e012ea839f191926e35ca8f57f
Fixed
4fbc8230009f5b1bcd13cc74c5a6a43ddba141fd

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-97477.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
6.1.191
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.160
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.114
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.53

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-97477.json"