In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/cxgb4: Free debugfs on registration failure
c4iw_alloc() creates the per-device debugfs tree (dev->debugfs_root via
setup_debugfs()), but it is removed only in c4iw_remove(), not in
c4iw_dealloc(). When RDMA device registration fails, the registration
worker's err_dealloc_ctx path calls c4iw_dealloc() directly, bypassing
c4iw_remove(), so the debugfs dentries leak and outlive the freed
c4iw_dev.
Move debugfs_remove_recursive() into c4iw_dealloc() so every path that
frees ctx->dev also removes its debugfs tree.
RDMA/cxgb4: Free debugfs on registration failure
c4iw_alloc() creates the per-device debugfs tree (dev->debugfs_root via
setup_debugfs()), but it is removed only in c4iw_remove(), not in
c4iw_dealloc(). When RDMA device registration fails, the registration
worker's err_dealloc_ctx path calls c4iw_dealloc() directly, bypassing
c4iw_remove(), so the debugfs dentries leak and outlive the freed
c4iw_dev.
Move debugfs_remove_recursive() into c4iw_dealloc() so every path that
frees ctx->dev also removes its debugfs tree.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/cxgb4: Free debugfs on registration failure c4iw_alloc() creates the per-device debugfs tree (dev->debugfs_root via setup_debugfs()), but it is removed only in c4iw_remove(), not in c4iw_dealloc(). When RDMA device registration fails, the registration worker's err_dealloc_ctx path calls c4iw_dealloc() directly, bypassing c4iw_remove(), so the debugfs dentries leak and outlive the freed c4iw_dev. Move debugfs_remove_recursive() into c4iw_dealloc() so every path that frees ctx->dev also removes its debugfs tree. | |
| Title | RDMA/cxgb4: Free debugfs on registration failure | |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-17T16:07:30.778Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.793Z
Link: CVE-2026-90219
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-17T17:17:17.290
Modified: 2026-09-17T17:17:17.290
Link: CVE-2026-90219
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