# CVE-2026-90308: RDMA/erdma: Hold QP references for AE and CM processing

- 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: 6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.0
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.110; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.52; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/erdma: Hold QP references for AE and CM processing AE QP fatal events and iWARP CM paths load QPs from dev->qp_xa and then use or reference them outside the xarray lock. erdma_destroy_qp() can drop the destroy-path reference and free QP resources while such a lookup is in flight. Add erdma_qp_get_by_qpn() to acquire a kref under the xarray lock with kref_get_unless_zero(). Remove the QP from the xarray before dropping the destroy-path reference so no new lookup can acquire it while destruction waits for existing users.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92101d7bd67cf313d65baede27118614a283f6bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/233f1b7fe2980e4e238fe03dd3ceddfd082cb4c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e32f84b63c054e09392153125d7202abab2d14b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec987c0654651036dad6a42f7fa2a6d7c16a3687
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c92686867638cda954fdb2bdbac8a75e3aa6eaae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a52eeff32024f190b3bdc99088c7becccd4fa60b

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