{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-90173 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-90173 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 17 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-90173 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-90173 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 17 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-90173 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-90173/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-90173/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-90173","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-90173/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-90173","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90173","GHSA-c82p-5m8q-6jh9","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90173"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel SMB","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel SMB Direct module allows attackers to cause a system crash or potentially execute code via race conditions.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: smbdirect: free completion queues with ib_free_cq()\n\nsmbdirect_connection_destroy_qp() creates the send and receive completion\nqueues with ib_alloc_cq_any(), which for IB_POLL_WORKQUEUE arms an\ninternal completion handler that runs ib_cq_poll_work() on a workqueue.\nTearing those CQs down with ib_destroy_cq() frees them without first\ncancelling that poll work.\n\nIf the provider posts a completion late -- for example Soft-RoCE (rxe)\nposting an RNR error from rxe_receiver() after rdma_destroy_qp() -- the\nhandler re-queues ib_cq_poll_work() on the already-freed CQ, and a\nfollow-on access faults in rxe_req_notify_cq().\n\nUse ib_free_cq(), which cancel_work_sync()es the poll work before freeing\nthe CQ, so no completion handler can run against a freed queue.\n\n[ 1236.599526] ==================================================================\n[ 1236.602142] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ib_cq_poll_work+0xd0/0x1a0\n[ 1236.605524] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888111865800 by task kworker/4:1H/82\n[ 1236.609017]\n[ 1236.609270] CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 82 Comm: kworker/4:1H Not tainted 7.2.0-rc3-next-20260717-virtme #110 PREEMPT(lazy)\n[ 1236.609287] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-debian-1.17.0-1 04/01/2014\n[ 1236.609498] Workqueue: ib-comp-wq ib_cq_poll_work\n[ 1236.609525] Call Trace:\n[ 1236.609536]  \u003cTASK\u003e\n[ 1236.609545]  __dump_stack+0x21/0x60\n[ 1236.609562]  dump_stack_lvl+0xc2/0x100\n[ 1236.609573]  print_address_description+0x77/0x200\n[ 1236.609587]  ? ib_cq_poll_work+0xd0/0x1a0\n[ 1236.609597]  print_report+0x58/0x70\n[ 1236.609607]  kasan_report+0x117/0x150\n[ 1236.609623]  ? ib_cq_poll_work+0xd0/0x1a0\n[ 1236.609636]  ? process_scheduled_works+0x954/0x1600\n[ 1236.609650]  ib_cq_poll_work+0xd0/0x1a0\n[ 1236.609662]  ? process_scheduled_works+0x954/0x1600\n[ 1236.609674]  process_scheduled_works+0xc22/0x1600\n[ 1236.609698]  ? __pfx_process_scheduled_works+0x10/0x10\n[ 1236.609713]  ? __pfx_assign_work+0x10/0x10\n[ 1236.609726]  ? lock_is_held_type+0x7b/0x110\n[ 1236.609741]  worker_thread+0x975/0xee0\n[ 1236.609757]  ? __pfx_do_raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10\n[ 1236.609775]  ? __kthread_parkme+0x21e/0x260\n[ 1236.609789]  kthread+0x3a6/0x490\n[ 1236.609800]  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n[ 1236.609809]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[ 1236.609820]  ret_from_fork+0x55a/0xa20\n[ 1236.609835]  ? __pfx_ret_from_fork+0x10/0x10\n[ 1236.609850]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[ 1236.609861]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n[ 1236.609880]  \u003c/TASK\u003e\n[ 1236.609886]\n[ 1236.661292] Allocated by task 5076:\n[ 1236.662640]  kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80\n[ 1236.663842]  __kasan_kmalloc+0x72/0x90\n[ 1236.664763]  __kmalloc_noprof+0x2b0/0x5d0\n[ 1236.665356]  __ib_alloc_cq+0x284/0x1000\n[ 1236.666573]  __ib_alloc_cq_any+0x23e/0x340\n[ 1236.668654]  smbdirect_connection_create_qp+0x6f7/0x1070\n[ 1236.669757]  smbdirect_accept_connect_request+0x500/0x1ca0\n[ 1236.672625]  smbdirect_listen_rdma_event_handler+0x1655/0x1c50\n[ 1236.673930]  cma_listen_handler+0x1bf/0x260\n[ 1236.674923]  cma_cm_event_handler+0x128/0x380\n[ 1236.676926]  cma_ib_req_handler+0x2d3d/0x4de0\n[ 1236.678368]  cm_process_work+0xb0/0x530\n[ 1236.680454]  cm_queue_work_unlock+0xb1/0x230\n[ 1236.681673]  cm_work_handler+0x969f/0xdca0\n[ 1236.682704]  process_scheduled_works+0xc22/0x1600\n[ 1236.683447]  worker_thread+0x975/0xee0\n[ 1236.685901]  kthread+0x3a6/0x490\n[ 1236.688164]  ret_from_fork+0x55a/0xa20\n[ 1236.689522]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n[ 1236.690073]\n[ 1236.690378] Freed by task 5137:\n[ 1236.692242]  kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80\n[ 1236.694272]  kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50\n[ 1236.695514]  __kasan_slab_free+0x3a/0x60\n[ 1236.696773]  kfree+0x14e/0x4e0\n[ 1236.697216]  ib_destroy_cq_user+0x18d/0x250\n[ 1236.699817]  smbdirect_connection_destroy_qp+0xf2/0x280\n[ 1236.702115]  smbdirect_socket_destroy_sync+0x1607/0x2720\n[ 1236.704062]  smbdirect_socket_release+0x140/0x280\n[ 1236.705286]  smb_direct_free_transpor\n---truncated---","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"smb: smbdirect: free completion queues with ib_free_cq()","id":"CVE-2026-90173","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"ksmbd: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in ksmbd_alloc_user()","id":"CVE-2026-90174"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"smb: smbdirect: destroy QP before mem pools on accept failure","id":"CVE-2026-90172"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-09-17","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-19","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel SMB Direct module allows attackers to cause a system crash or potentially execute code via race conditions.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-90173/"}