VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-53188
CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-06-25
Last modified2026-10-19
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Validate the passed in fops for ib_get_ucaps() Sashiko pointed out it is not safe to rely only on the devt because char/block alias so if the user finds a block device with the same dev_t it can masquerade as a ucap cdev fd. Test the f_ops to only accept authentic cdevs.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-285