# CVE-2026-93224: svcrdma: Fix unmatched rn_unregister on failed accept

> A use-after-free and memory leak in the Linux kernel's svcrdma module allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially escalate privileges via failed RDMA accept operations.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2026-93224, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93224, GHSA-g4hj-w3xr-5rr3, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93224

## What is CVE-2026-93224?

CVE-2026-93224 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

svcrdma: Fix unmatched rn_unregister on failed accept

When svc_rdma_accept() takes the errout path before
rpcrdma_rn_register() has succeeded, the existing cleanup block
calls rpcrdma_rn_unregister(dev, &newxprt->sc_rn) unconditionally.
svcxprt_rdma is kzalloc'd, so on that path sc_rn.rn_index is 0 and
sc_rn.rn_done is NULL; the unregister therefore xa_erase()s another
caller's slot 0 and performs an unmatched kref_put() on the
rpcrdma_device's rd_kref.

The same errout also brackets the cleanup with svc_xprt_get()/
svc_xprt_put() around the kref_init() birth reference. The kref
goes 1 -> 2 -> 1 and never reaches 0, so the svcxprt_rdma (and the
net/ns_tracker it pinned) is leaked on every failed accept.

rpcrdma_rn_register() writes rn->rn_done last, only after xa_alloc()
and kref_get() have both succeeded, so rn_done == NULL is a natural
"never registered" sentinel. Guard rpcrdma_rn_unregister() with an
early return when rn_done is NULL, and clear rn_done before the
matching xa_erase() so a repeated unregister is also a no-op.

With that guard in place, the accept errout drops the kref_init()
birth reference via svc_xprt_put(), which dispatches svc_rdma_free().
Teardown of sc_qp, sc_sq_cq, sc_rq_cq, and sc_pd runs under existing
IS_ERR/NULL guards in svc_rdma_free(); sc_rn is covered by the new
rn_done sentinel; sc_cm_id is non-NULL on every errout path because
svc_rdma_accept() dereferences it above the first goto errout.

svc_xprt_free() drops the module reference associated with the freed
transport, and svc_handle_xprt() drops its pre-acquired reference
when ->xpo_accept() returns NULL. Take a replacement module reference
before svc_xprt_put() so the two module_put()s remain balanced.

The rn_done guard also covers svc_rdma_free()'s non-listener call
to rpcrdma_rn_unregister() for transports whose register attempt
failed or never ran.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-93224?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-93224?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-93224 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-93224 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-93224 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-93224 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-93224 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-93224/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-93224/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93224
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93224
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-93224

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