# CVE-2026-74345: RDMA/siw: Fix endpoint/socket association handling

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.3
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.3.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.97; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.40; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.5

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f27da1192118fb6a7e73a85cfe4b02ccf8298619
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff584d3735b13a1d7f8cd072f98fea40b6062518
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b28d513393f81e2de00f82970487a9d001557e4e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6183983ce1ff254d629a333739082b39d7c5eb6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6cf763eee0a932792bef64ceaca568d324192fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea4f6f6c53577fb3f05dbd78b15e586772d49831

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