# CVE-2026-89486: ipmi: Fix use-after-free of cmd\_rcvr in \_ipmi\_destroy\_user()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.50, 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 9e91f8a6c8688e27f4ccce7db457da87d6458836, fixed in 3088e41292fecf132f85f79af5ee4d620b9ff1b4; from 9e91f8a6c8688e27f4ccce7db457da87d6458836, fixed in 5dc0b2a9af95a97861c1bffaf1687a3173e395c5; from 9e91f8a6c8688e27f4ccce7db457da87d6458836, fixed in 05ec76cfbce653e07cec19b9b8b20e33449d5d87
- Linux: 6.16
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.16.0, fixed in 6.18.50; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi: Fix use-after-free of cmd_rcvr in _ipmi_destroy_user() Commit 9e91f8a6c868 ("ipmi:msghandler: Remove srcu for the ipmi_interfaces list") dropped the synchronize_rcu() between unlinking the command receivers from intf->cmd_rcvrs and freeing them, updating only the comment that explains why the barrier is needed. The cmd_rcvrs list is still traversed under plain RCU: find_cmd_rcvr() walks it inside rcu_read_lock(), and handle_ipmb_get_msg_cmd() borrows rcvr->user from that lookup within the same read-side section. Without the grace period, _ipmi_destroy_user() can kfree() a cmd_rcvr while a reader still holds a pointer to it, causing a use-after-free. The rework only made srcu unnecessary for the interfaces list; the cmd_rcvrs list still relies on plain RCU. Restore the synchronize_rcu() before freeing the receivers.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3088e41292fecf132f85f79af5ee4d620b9ff1b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dc0b2a9af95a97861c1bffaf1687a3173e395c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ec76cfbce653e07cec19b9b8b20e33449d5d87

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