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CVE-2026-53188

HIGH CVSS: 8.8 Published: 2026-06-25 Modified: 2026-07-06

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References