7.8

CVE-2026-72042

ipmi: Fix user refcount underflow in event delivery

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.
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HerstellerLinux
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Produkt Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version b52da4054ee0bf9ecb44996f2c83236ff50b3812
Version < ddbb6e3dc9bb4743de686aa1598c31e745cee76b
Status affected
Version b52da4054ee0bf9ecb44996f2c83236ff50b3812
Version < 7be349d4fcc5e065295b83418a22d27a68afbdb6
Status affected
Version b52da4054ee0bf9ecb44996f2c83236ff50b3812
Version < 6aa9e61c46465d231e9beddf56af7effd71be682
Status affected
Version f63723ca7d7623f9dae1990973cd158671f03c56
Status affected
Version 348121b29594d42d1635648fd3ed31dfa25351d5
Status affected
Version 53d6e403affbf6df2c859a0ea00ccfc1e72090ca
Status affected
Version 0ed73be9a2547ffb9b5c1d879ad9bfab73d920b5
Status affected
Version 6.1.157
Version < 6.2
Status affected
Version 6.6.113
Version < 6.7
Status affected
Version 6.12.54
Version < 6.13
Status affected
Version 6.17.4
Version < 6.18
Status affected
HerstellerLinux
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Produkt Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version 6.18
Status affected
Version 0
Version < 6.18
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.18.*
Version 6.18.40
Status unaffected
Version <= 7.1.*
Version 7.1.5
Status unaffected
Version <= *
Version 7.2
Status unaffected
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.16% 0.058
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddbb6e3dc9bb4743de686aa1598c31e745cee76b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7be349d4fcc5e065295b83418a22d27a68afbdb6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6aa9e61c46465d231e9beddf56af7effd71be682