# CVE-2025-71157: RDMA/core: always drop device refcount in ib\_del\_sub\_device\_and\_put()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-23 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: always drop device refcount in ib_del_sub_device_and_put() Since nldev_deldev() (introduced by commit 060c642b2ab8 ("RDMA/nldev: Add support to add/delete a sub IB device through netlink") grabs a reference using ib_device_get_by_index() before calling ib_del_sub_device_and_put(), we need to drop that reference before returning -EOPNOTSUPP error.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20436f2742a92b7afeb2504eb559a98d2196b001
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe8d456080423b9ed410469fbd1e2098d3acce2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa3c411d21ebc26ffd175c7256c37cefa35020aa

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