High [CVE-2026-74345] Fix endpoint/socket association handling
This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-74345 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat package: kernel-rt.
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/siw: Fix endpoint/socket association handling Disassociating a socket from an endpoint via siw_socket_disassoc() may release the last reference on that endpoint and free it. Therefore, don't clear the endpoints socket pointer after calling that function, but within.
This fixes a: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in siw_cm_work_handler (drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_cm.c:1053 drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_cm.c:1075) which occurred after processing a malformed MPA request during connection establishment, causing the new endpoint to be closed.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Soft iWARP (siw) component, which handles high-performance data transfer. This vulnerability occurs when the system processes a specially crafted connection request, leading to a 'use-after-free' error.
An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service (DoS), making the affected system unresponsive. Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Weakness: CWE-825. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: kernel-rt.
Affected versions
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Mitigation
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