Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipmi: Fix user refcount underflow in event delivery
ipmi_alloc_recv_msg(user) takes the temporary user reference owned by the receive message, and ipmi_free_recv_msg() drops it again. If event delivery fails after allocating receive messages for earlier users, handle_read_event_rsp() rolls those messages back with ipmi_free_recv_msg().
That rollback path still drops user->refcount explicitly after freeing each message. The extra put can free a user that remains linked on intf->users, so later event delivery may dereference a freed user or trip refcount_t's addition-on-zero warning when ipmi_alloc_recv_msg() tries to acquire another reference.
Remove the stale explicit put and the now-dead user assignment. Keep the list_del() and ipmi_free_recv_msg() calls; they are the required rollback operations.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAffected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= b52da4054ee0bf9ecb44996f2c83236ff50b3812, < ddbb6e3dc9bb4743de686aa1598c31e745cee76b; >= b52da4054ee0bf9ecb44996f2c83236ff50b3812, < 7be349d4fcc5e065295b83418a22d27a68afbdb6; >= b52da4054ee0bf9ecb44996f2c83236ff50b3812, < 6aa9e61c46465d231e9beddf56af7effd71be682; f63723ca7d7623f9dae1990973cd158671f03c56; 348121b29594d42d1635648fd3ed31dfa25351d5; 53d6e403affbf6df2c859a0ea00ccfc1e72090ca; 0ed73be9a2547ffb9b5c1d879ad9bfab73d920b5; >= 6.1.157, < 6.2; >= 6.6.113, < 6.7; >= 6.12.54, < 6.13; >= 6.17.4, < 6.18 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.18 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 15, 2026
- Last modified
- Aug 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Received