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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-72491

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 8/15/2026 2:22:23 AM

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Added Description

                  
                
              
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/9p: fix race condition on rdma->state in trans_rdma.c

The rdma->state field is modified without holding req_lock in both
recv_done() and p9_cm_event_handler(), while rdma_request() accesses
the same field under the req_lock spinlock. This inconsistent locking
creates a race condition:

- recv_done() running in softirq completion context sets
  rdma->state = P9_RDMA_FLUSHING without acquiring req_lock

- p9_cm_event_handler() modifies rdma->state at multiple points
  (ADDR_RESOLVED, ROUTE_RESOLVED, ESTABLISHED, CLOSED) without
  req_lock

- rdma_request() uses spin_lock_irqsave(&rdma->req_lock, flags) to
  protect the read-modify-write of rdma->state

The race can cause lost state transitions: recv_done() or the CM
event handler could set state to FLUSHING/CLOSED while rdma_request()
is concurrently checking or modifying state under the lock, leading to
the FLUSHING transition being silently overwritten by CLOSING. This
corrupts the connection state machine and can cause use-after-free on
RDMA request objects during teardown.

Fix by adding req_lock protection to all rdma->state modifications in
recv_done() and p9_cm_event_handler(), matching the pattern already
used in rdma_request(). Use spin_lock_irqsave/spin_unlock_irqrestore
in the CM event handler since it can race with recv_done() which runs
in softirq context.

Tested with a kernel module that races two threads (simulating
rdma_request and recv_done/CM handler) on rdma->state with proper
locking: 5.5M+ FLUSHING writes over 27M iterations with 0 lost
transitions.
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13bf9879b778b2f4b260b45bed18f31806120d1e
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/151f8cf5b23d8a534d884432a82a6d54d5a61989
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3970a19a80de530b801b6256354d4a529a9a2d6c
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cee2b8766045059d5e0b8114837b4a8efe827ac
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5424138848eb7d7d8a7196676e90a2cbf2142454
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d54894a1ee265a72d70f7cae1da6cc774cccc71
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8aadc136d8e8d8fc95d7982d213cfe2234dfcf2b
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebbcbe5c0db215feecc17def06178da443f4eea6
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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