# CVE-2026-89509: RDMA/ionic: Embed counter driver data in rdma\_counter allocation

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.51, 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from ea4c399642b85dc30f44d90ee805c6a18fa03062, fixed in c98197ee3cd28288da13dc9881bb9e74daa7cbbc; from ea4c399642b85dc30f44d90ee805c6a18fa03062, fixed in 08b8630b557828aedb1d9ef0a6e2ec421f334ee2; from ea4c399642b85dc30f44d90ee805c6a18fa03062, fixed in cf3ebd89e754015625fee90aa938f6bc79a2c974
- Linux: 6.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.18.0, fixed in 6.18.51; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/ionic: Embed counter driver data in rdma_counter allocation Commit 7e53b31acc7f ("RDMA/core: Create and destroy rdma_counter using rdma_zalloc_drv_obj()") requires drivers implementing counter ops to embed struct rdma_counter in a driver-specific struct, register its size via INIT_RDMA_OBJ_SIZE, and provide a counter_init callback. The ionic driver was merged without this adaptation, causing a NULL pointer dereference in alloc_and_bind() since rdma_zalloc_drv_obj() allocates zero bytes when size_rdma_counter is unset. Consolidate struct ionic_counter into a new struct ionic_rdma_counter that embeds struct rdma_counter, replace the xarray with a lightweight ida for ID allocation, and add the required counter_init and INIT_RDMA_OBJ_SIZE declarations.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c98197ee3cd28288da13dc9881bb9e74daa7cbbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08b8630b557828aedb1d9ef0a6e2ec421f334ee2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf3ebd89e754015625fee90aa938f6bc79a2c974

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