{"id":"CVE-2026-98355","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/rtrs: guard against null kobj name\n\nIn the client, if `init_path()` errors, the callee tries to clean up\nwith `rtrs_clt_close_conns()`","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/rtrs: guard against null kobj name\n\nIn the client, if `init_path()` errors, the callee tries to clean up\nwith `rtrs_clt_close_conns()`. However, this can lead to c…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 5a93929d9f9a1d82946ddd49e260b6dd1756ad6d < f79cf42ff23f9120246cd6740eaa26f59c632a4a","Linux >= 5a93929d9f9a1d82946ddd49e260b6dd1756ad6d < 99c24a8968ebef0573825b5cb89d5985d51635b9","Linux 6.1"],"published":"2026-10-06","updated":"2026-10-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-06T09:18:29.040","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98355","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99c24a8968ebef0573825b5cb89d5985d51635b9","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f79cf42ff23f9120246cd6740eaa26f59c632a4a","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T08:50:17.394Z","slug":"CVE-2026-98355","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/rtrs: guard against null kobj name\n\nIn the client, if `init_path()` errors, the callee tries to clean up\nwith `rtrs_clt_close_conns()`. However, this can lead to calling the\nevent tracing code with `clt_path->kobj->name` being `NULL` and thus\ncausing a null pointer dereference when trying to copy from it.\n\nThis just adds a guard to check that the name is not `NULL` before\ncopying from it. The server appears to have a similar pattern.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}